DNA 57, 8/10/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Kitzawa Town Hall in Tokyo
(1) Fighting Gran Millimeters!: Daiki Shimomura vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani
◆Winner: Shimatani (8:19) following a Gyakuuchi.
(2) Yuki Iino vs. Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS)
◆Winner: Hirata (7:53) with a Single Leg Crab.
(3) MAO, Mike Bailey & Rising HAYATO (EPW) vs. Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase & Rekka
◆Winner: MAO (11:06) with a Cannonball 450° on Rekka.
(4) Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Akito (DDT)
◆Winner: Miyamoto (12:16) following a Somato on Ueno.
(5) Naomi Kingdom Showdown!: Naomi Yoshimura & Kengo (FREE) vs. Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joe (both FREE)
◆Winner: Yoshimura (11:16) following the Shounenba on Joe.
(6) DNA – End of a Chapter 11/24/2014 to 8/10/2018: Kota Umeda & Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA) vs. Shunma Katsumata & Kazusada Higuchi (both DDT)
◆Winner: Umeda (17:10) following the Umeda Driver on Katsumata.
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.
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
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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
~ 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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() Triple Main Event: Shunma Katsumta vs. Violento Jack
() Triple Main Event: Akito vs. Isami Kodaka (BASARA)
() Triple Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kuishinbo Kamen
DDT LIVE! MajiManji #13, 8/7/2018 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(-) KO-D 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. [Challengers] Kendo Kashin, NOSAWA Rongai & Keisuke Okuda
~ The full event card was announced for the final DNA game for the current generation of talent. After this show the events will go on hiatus as the talent is thus open to being dispersed between the DDT brands (DDT, BASARA & Ganbare).
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. Konosuke Takeshita (DDT) & Yuko Miyamoto (666)
() 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)
~ Due to a looming typhoon in the Osaka region, a smaller local show on the 28th was cancelled and the Tsurumi Park in Osaka on the 29th could also see a change of venue.
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
~ The full card was announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on August 11th. The show will feature the younger talent of FREEDOMS competing throughout with the main event of the show seeing Dragon Libre and Tomoya Hirata taking on the NOAH team of Kaito Kiyomiya and Junta Miyawaki.
FREEDOMS “Young Damz Pro-Wrestling”, 8/11/2018 [Sat] 13:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Miedo Extremo vs. Trainee M
() Violento Jack & Ciclope vs. Heisenberg & Trainee K
() Yuya Susumu vs. Shunsuke Sayame (ASUKA PRO)
() Toru Sugiura vs. Takahiro Kotori (Eagle Pro)
() Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Junta Miyawaki (both NOAH)
~ The full event card was announced for Jun Kasai’s produce show on August 19 in Hiroshima and a special death match will be held on August 28th between Fukimoto and Jack.
Jun Kasai Produce Hiroshima Death Match Carnival 2018, 8/19/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan Nishidate Taikai
() Dragon Libre & Heisenberg vs. Rey Paloma & Tsuchiya Crazy
() Yuya Susumu vs. Toru Sugiura vs. Rising HAYATO
() Mammoth Sasaki, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Chikara vs. Kenji Fukimoto, Gunso & ‘brother’ YASSHI
() Death Match: GENTARO, Kamui & Takeshi Okada vs. Devil Magician, Hideki Hosaka & Kenshin Chikano
() Death Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Takashi Sasaki & Tomoya Hirata
() GCW Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Meido Extremo & Ciclope vs. [Challengers] Jun Kasai & Minoru Fujita
Jun Kasai Produce Tokyo Death Match Carnival 2018, 8/28/2018 [Tue] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Death Match ~ Package contra Package: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Violento Jack ~ The loser is prohibited from using the Package Piledriver for the rest of their career.
~ It was announced that Shiryu (Kaz Hayashi) will miss the the August 21st show due to injury. Though do to this The Great Sasuke will be competing in his place.
PRO-WRESTLING MASTERS, 8/21/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
~ Newly announced…
(-) Lucha Master Assemble! Special 6 Man Tag Match: Kendo, The Great Sasuke & SATO vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA (all Tokyo Gurentai)
~ Previously announced…
() Samoan no Kaicho Shurai! Special 6 Man Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami, Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano vs. Hisakatsu Oya, Black Tiger V & Wild Samoan
(-) Idainaru Tatsujin vs Yomigaetta Kaizoku Gaspars Special Tag Match: Great Kojika & Kim Duk vs. Curry Gaspar & Cory Gaspar
(-) 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
~ The latest W-1 TV is up, as it features highlights from the July 22nd show in Gotenba, Shizuoka.
~ More matches were announced for the August 11th show at the Korakuen Hall including the W-1 vs STRONG HEARTS match.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 FLASHING SUMMER, 8/11/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
~ Newly announced…
() Hajime vs. Masayuki Mitomi
() Ganseki Tanaka vs. Kenichiro Arai
() Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
() Manabu Soya, Seiki Yoshioka & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
(-) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Match: Masayuki Kono, Andy Wu, Takanori Ito & Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia
~ Previously announced…
(-) Tsugataka Sato vs. (X = Kaz Hayashi’s Chosen Opponent)
(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [15th Champions] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka vs. [Challengers] Shuji Kondo & Koji Doi
~ 1st title defense.
~ Then lastly Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio will be facing NOAH’s Naomichi Marufuji in a special singles match on September 29th in Osaka.
WRESTLE-1 “2018 Pro-Wrestling LOVE in OSAKA”, 9/29/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium
(-) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH)
~ The full event card was announced for the final show of this years “Fire Festival” on July 29th at the Korakuen Hall.
ZERO1 “Mid-Summer Fire Festival 2018”, 7/29/2018 [Sun] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() TARU vs. Shoki Kitamura
() Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Ikuto Hidaka vs. Isami Kodaka & Yoshikazu Yokoyama
() Fire Festival Special 6 Man Tag Match: Shinjiro Otani, Shogun Okamoto & Tsugataka Sato (W-1) vs. Takuya Sugawara, Super Tiger & Hiroshi Yamato
() Fire Festival Special Single Match: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. SUGI
() Fire Festival Special Tag Match: Masato Tanaka & Chris Vice vs. Yuji Hino & Hartley Jackson
() Fire Festival Final Match: (A BLOCK #1) Yuko Miyamoto vs. (B BLOCK #1) Kohei Sato
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DNA 46, 7/16/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Osaka City Konohana Kumin Hall in Osaka
(1) Nobuhiro Shimatani, Daiki Shimomura & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Katsumi Oribe, Yuto Kikuchi & Yuki Aoki (DOVE)
◆Winner: Shimatani (10:38) via pin-fall on Yuto Kikuchi, following a Sliding Elbow Smash from Shimomura.
(2) Kouki Iwasaki & Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) vs. Baliyan Akki
(Indian) & Rekka
◆Winner: Iwasaki (8:32) with a Sankakujime on Rekka.
(3) Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Iino vs. MAO & Rising HAYATO (EPW)
◆Winner: MAO (12:03) with a Cannonball 450° on Iino.
(4) Shunma Katsumata vs. TORU (Doutonbori)
◆Winner: TORU (10:50) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster.
(5) Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA) vs. Sammy Guevara
◆Winner: DRAW (20:00) Time Expired.
(6) Irie Army vs Naomy Kingdom: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase vs. Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joe (FREE)
◆Winner: Okuda (12:39) via referee stop over Watase, with a Dojime Sleeper Hold.
(7) DNA Naniwa Showdown : Yuki Ueno vs. Naomi Yoshimura
◆Winner: Yoshimura (22:36) following a Release Powerbomb.
~ As noted previously, Sanshiro Takagi announced that after the August 10th show in Kitazawa that DNA (DDT New Attitude) will be pausing all events for the time being. All of the wrestlers under the DNA will be allowed to choose between competing for DDT, BASARA, and Ganbare.
~ Additional matches were announced for the August shows on the 3rd in Yokohama, 5th in Ishikawa, and 9th at Shinkiba.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUMMER EXPLOSION ~ YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT BLUES vol. 8”, 8/3/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
(-) Jake Lee & Keiichi Sato vs. Yohei Nakajima & Black Tiger VII
(-) Suwama vs. Naoya Nomura
(-) Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu, Yuma Aoyagi & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Jun Akiyama, Zeus, Takao Omori & Gianni Valletta
(-) Jr. TAG League Match: Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Shuji Kondo & Kotaro Suzuki
(-) Jr. TAG League Match: Koji Iwamoto & TAJIRI vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Shun Skywalker
(-) Jr. TAG League Match: Atsushi Maruyama & Masashi Takeda vs. Kaji Tomato & Shiori Asahi
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUMMER EXPLOSION ~ SUMMER DREAM FESTIVAL in KANAZAWA”, 8/5/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ishikawa Prefecture Industry Exhibition Building
() Special Dream 6 Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Riki Choshu & X vs. Yoshitatsu, Naoya Nomura & X
() Jr. TAG League Match: Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Yohei Nakajima & Black Tiger VII
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUMMER EXPLOSION ~ GROWIN’ UP vol. 14”, 8/9/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(-) Hikaru Sato vs. Keiichi Sato
(-) Yoshitatsu vs. Gianni Valletta
(-) Jun Akiyama, Zeus & Takao Omori vs. Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa & Atsushi Aoki
(-) Kento Miyahara, Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Jake Lee, Koji Iwamoto & TAJIRI
(-) Jr. TAG League Match: Shuji Kondo & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Shun Skywalker
(-) Jr. TAG League Match: Atsushi Maruyama & Masashi Takeda vs. Yohei Nakajima & Black Tiger VII
Sanshiro Takagi announced that after the August 10th show in Kitazawa that DNA (DDT New Attitude) will be pausing all events for the time being. All of the wrestlers under the DNA will be allowed to choose between competing for DDT, BASARA, and Ganbare.
DNA will be open to a revival once a new group of rookies began to debut for the promotion.
~ The next scheduled show will be on July 16th 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, Yuto Kikuchi & Yuki Aoki (DOVE)
() Kouki Iwasaki & Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) vs. Baliyan Akki
(Indian) & Rekka
() Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Iino vs. MAO & Rising HAYATO (EPW)
() Shunma Katsumata vs. TORU (Doutonbori)
() Kota Umeda vs. Sammy Guevara
() Irie Army vs Naomy Kingdom: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase vs. Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joe (FREE)
() DNA Naniwa Showdown : Yuki Ueno vs. Naomi Yoshimura
~ The full card was announced for Takashi Sasaki’s produce multi-promotion show on August 6th at Korakuen Hall.
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. (both Osaka Pro)
(-) 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 (FREE) vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Jun Masaoka (Shi-en)
(-) 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 (all MichiPro)
(-) 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. Takahiro Katori (Eagle), Rising HAYATO (EPW) & Kohei Kinoshita (DOVE)
(-) Tenka Toitsu Noborihata Sodatsu 6 Man Tag Match: [Champions] Churaumi Saber, Shuri Joe & Hejor Kidman (Ryukyu Dragon) vs. [Challengers] TORU, Kazuaki Mihara & Katsumi Oribe (all Doutonbori)
A couple more matches were announced for the August 21st show at the Korakuen Hall, with a special singles match and a lucha libre style showdown taking place.
The single match will feature Yoshiaki Fujiwara taking on Ishinriki. The master grappler will be taking on a former sumo wrestler turned pro-wrestler.
Then the lucha match will feature the masked man combination of Kendo, Shiryu and SATO against the Tokyo Gurentai team of NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA and FUJITA.
PRO-WRESTLING MASTERS, 8/21/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) 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
It was announced official that not one but two new rookies will be making their debut on the upcoming “DEPARTURE 2018” show on August 5th. They are as follows…
Kinya Okada (岡田欣也) Born November 17, 1992 from Osaka City and Pref., Height 178cm and Weight currently at 103kg. His athletic background is in Taekwondo and Amateur Wrestling. He began training in the dojo in August of 2017.
Yoshiki Inamura (稲村愛輝) Born November 18, 1992 from Otawara City, Tochigi Pref., Height 180cm and Weight currently at 105kg. His athletic background is in Judo, Sumo, and Gakusei (Student) Wrestling. He began training in the dojo in September of 2017.
Both trainees have been in the dojo for close to a year. This was noted as both were working in their previous job field while they attempted to make the transition over to full-time pro-wrestlers. Junta Miyawaki was the last rookie to debut just a year prior.
Pro-Wrestling NOAH “DEPARTURE 2018 ~ 12th annual Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League War”, 8/5/2018 [Sun] 11:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Kinya Okada & Yoshiki Inamura Debut Matches:
() Takashi Sugiura, Naomichi Marufuji, Masato Tanaka & Akitoshi Saito vs. Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Kenoh
Another match was added to the August show, as New Japan will be offering their own showing as Yuji Nagata teams with Young Lion Ren Narita to take on the team of Hiroyoshi Tenzan and another Young Lion in Shota Umino.
Then with that all seven matches are now set for the show which can be considered a true All-Star show with most of the top promotions, and top name freelance wrestlers, in Japan featured throughout.
TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE, 8/31/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
~ It was announced that Jun Tonsho has moved from Pro-Wrestling ACE to being a full-time member of W-1. The 19 year old Tonsho was a member of the first training school under W-1 in 2015 and made his debut in March of 2016. Though currently on the skinnier side he has looked to have garnered Kaz Hayashi’s attention and has become a protege of sorts to president and head trainer on W-1.
Then the full event card order was announced for the July 15th show in Yamagata.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @ Yamagata Big Wing
(1) Ganseki Tanaka (ACE) vs. Takumi Baba (ACE)
(2) Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo vs. Andy Wu & Alejandro
(3) Masayuki Mitomi (FREE) vs. Aizawa #1
(4) Koji Doi, Tsugataka Sato & El Hijo del Pantera vs. Shotaro Ashino, Kumaarashi & Yusuke Kodama
(5) Seiki Yoshioka & Jun Tonsho vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
(6) Manabu Soya & Masayuki Kono vs. Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio & Takanori Ito
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~ It was announced as official that Kento Miyahara will be defending the Triple Crown belt against Zeus on July 29th in Osaka. Zeus has stated that he feels it is his time to finally grab his destiny and takes charge and leading All Japan into the new era, and no place better to do this than in his hometown in Osaka. Miyahara and Zeus hold much history stemming back specifically to the match that saw Miyahara capture his first Triple Crown reign, decision match on 2/12/2016, and thus became the one to lead All Japan into their current (Shinsei) era. As the “Saikou” Triple Crown Champion Miyahara stated that it does not matter where the matches take place but that he is going to give all of his heart no matter what. He knows that several wrestler are seeking title matches against him, specifically Jake Lee on 7/1 though the two will meet in a non-title match, though his focus is to overcome both of these challenges.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “SUMMER ACTION SERIES”, 7/29/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 1st Stadium
() Triple Crown Championship Match: [60th Champion] Kento Miyahara vs. [Challenger] Zeus
~ 3rd title defense.
~ Then Jake Lee formally announced his new group’s name as “Sweeper”. The group can be summed up as their goal is clean sweep the promotion by controlling the power. Ryoji Sai and Dylan James already hold the World Tag belts and set the early standard for what they all aim to achieve.
~ The World Tag Champions Ryoji Sai & Dylan James then met with their next challengers Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa before their scheduled match on June 30th in Sapporo. The champions seek to remain as champions not only for themselves but now for the further growth of “Sweeper”. Though the challengers seek to reclaim their position as one of the top teams in Japan. The champions know the challenge that faces them, but they are motivated to continue proving themselves as a strong team themselves.
~ The lastly the World Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsushi Aoki met with his next challenger for the belt in Yohei Nakajima. Aoki continued to remain critical of Yohei as he wants to see the serious side of him. Which he feels to be a rightful champion you have to be able to give it your all in every match. Yohei though stated that he understands the level that it takes to be a champion but that he wishes to become a center of the junior division in All Japan. That his focus is on rising up for All Japan and become a driving force to keep the promotion moving forward. The champion made it clear that he will protect the value of the belt and that he will not so easily let it go.
~ Makoto Oishi versus Kota Umeda was announced for the July 26th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING. The match joins the previously announced KO-D Tag match.
DDT, 6/26/2018 [Wed] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(-) Makoto Oishi vs. Kota Umeda
(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazusada Higuchi vs. [Challengers] Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie
~ 3rd title defense.
~ Then it was made official that Kota Umeda will take on Dick Togo on July 10th at the 1st RING.
DDT LIVE! MajiManji #11, 7/10/2018 [Tue] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
~ W-1 had a major development at today’s Korakuen Hall show, 6/13 results, as CIMA appeared along with his fellow OWE (Oriental Wrestling Entertainment) wrestlers in T-HAWK, El Lindaman, Takehiro Yamamura, Gao Jingjia & Zackery Wentz (Dezmond Xavier was not present today, but is also expected to be involved). The group will be starting a feud against WRESTLE-1 that looks to officially begin come the July 22nd show at the Shinkiba 1stRING. Kaz Hayashi is expected to announce an updated event card soon.
~ Then also the first round matches for the “WRESTLE-1 GRAND PRIX 2018” were announced as follows…
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/1/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Odawara Arena, Sub Arena in Kanagawa
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Masayuki Kono
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Shotaro Ashino
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Koji Doi
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Takanori Ito vs. Kumaarashi
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)
~ Naoya Ogawa announced that he will be formally retiring from professional wrestling. His retirement comes as he wants to focus his support on his oldest son, Yusei Ogawa, who seeks to compete in judo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He is thankful for the opportunities that were presented to him by Antonio Inoki and the fans, but now he must focus more on what is important in his life right now, which is his family. That he has no regrets in his time in the ring.
~ Then the main event was announced for the “2nd Annual Machida Pro-Wrestling Festival” that is scheduled to be held on October 29 in Machida, Tokyo. As Masashi Takeda will team with Jun Kasai to take on the team of Minoru Fujita and Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio.
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DNA 45, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinjuku Village Studio in Tokyo 270 Spectators
(1) Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Koju Takeda (666) & Rising HAYATO (EPW)
◆Winner: Shimatani (9:37) via pin-fall on HAYATO.
(2) Great China Alliance vs New Beijing Pro!: Choun Shiryu & Rekka vs. Somato (HARASHIMA) & Yasu Urano
◆Winner: Urano (11:57) with a Small Package Hold on Rekka.
(3) Iino’s Return Match: Yuki Iino vs. Konosuke Takeshita (DDT)
◆Winner: Takeshita (10:27) with a German Suplex Hold.
(4) Mike Bailey & MAO vs. Koji Kanemoto (FREE) & Mizuki Watase
◆Winner: Watase (11:43) with a Tiger Suplex Hold on MAO. ~ With the win, Watase captures MAO’s right to challenge anytime & anywhere.
(5) Kouki Iwasaki vs. Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA)
◆Winner: Nakatsu (14:19) with the Crescent Moon.
(6) Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joe (both FREE)
◆Winner: Katsumata (15:03) with the iHasta la Vista! on Keisuke.
(7) Naomi Yoshimura vs. Kota Umeda
◆Winner: Umeda (17:00) following the Umeda Driver. ~ Both shook hands out of mutual respect after the match.
~ This lead to Umeda stating that he aims to help continue growing DNA in the future.
~ The full event cards were announced for the June tour of shows in Hokkaido. As it was also announced that Ryoji Sai will be defending the Asia Heavyweight belt against Yoshitatsu on June 19 in Obuhiro.
~ It was announced that Mike Bailey and MAO will be taking on Koji Kanemoto and Mizuki Watase. Watase and Kanemoto have apposed each other previously, as Watase even calls Kanemoto a rival, but now the two find themselves having to work together.
DNA 45, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinjuku Village Studio in Tokyo
(-) Mike Bailey & MAO vs. Koji Kanemoto (FREE) & Mizuki Watase
(-) Great China Alliance vs New Beijing Pro!: Choun Shiryu & Rekka vs. (to be announced)
(-) Iino’s Return Match: Kota Umeda vs. Yuki Iino
(-) Kouki Iwasaki vs. Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA)
(-) Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yuki Ueno
(-) HEAT-UP Universal Tag Championship Match: [1st Champions] Kenichiro Arai & Hide Kubota vs. [Challengers] Kazuhiro Tamura & Tatsumi Fujinami
~ 4th title defense.
(-) HEAT-UP Universal Championship Match: [3rd Champion] Daisuke Kanehira vs. [Challenger] Fuminori Abe
~ 1st title defense.
~ Also announced to compete : Kevin Man (Hong Kong), Jeff Man (Hong Kong), Greg Ho (Singapore), Nick (Singapore), Red Eagle (Portugal), Baliyan Akki (India)
Keiji Mutoh stated that he aims to return in May of 2019. The significance being that a new era will begin then as Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate at the end of April 2019. Thus a new era in Japan will begin in May with his successor taking over. He wishes to compete as a new self in the new era.
Mutoh continues to undergo rehabilitation following a double knee replacement over a month and a half ago, but he is currently taking it easy after causing a crack to his right patella during training. The doctors told him it would heal fine as it could benefit him in the long run as the bone should get thicker once healed.
~ Then he announced that he will be working with Great☆Mucha to help drive interest in local promotions that compete all throughout Japan. Mutoh will serve as a chairperson for the evnts that will run starting in July of this year and run every month until December. Each month a show will be held in a specific region featuring talent from those areas. Then in December a special show is being planned at the Korakuen Hall to feature the best of what Mutoh has personally witnessed throughout the prior months. As well as a special veteran tag match.
PRO-WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2018 BEST OF SUPER LOCAL WRESTLING
~ July : Chubu / Central Region (Nagano)
~ August : Tohoku Region (Fukushima)
~ September : Kansai / China Region (Nara)
~ October : Kyushu Shikoku Region (Nagasaki)
~ November : Kanto Region
NJPW NEWS
~ The first day of the “BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. 25” was held today at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Below are the results for the BOSJ matches.
★ Taiji Ishimori (13:47) following the Bloody Cross on Will Ospreay.
★ YOH (15:18) with the Five Star Clutch on BUSHI.
★ ACH (15:26) following the Soul Buster on Flash Gordon.
★ Tiger Mask IV (10:27) over Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
~ During the show, it was announced that Fire Pro-Wrestling World (PS4/PC) will release on August 9, 2018 at a cost of 5800 yen / $52.50 (6264 yen / $56.50 w/ tax). Then a premium version was also announced.
The PREMIUM EDITION released will include 4 Kinnikuman (ultimate muscle) style figures, a t-shirt and towel in the style of Los Ingobernables de Japón, and an IWGP style coin. This edition will come in at 9800 yen / $88.50 (10,584 yen / 95.65 w/ tax).
~ The full event card was announced for the next LION’S GATE show on June 13 at the Shinjuku FACE.
LION’S GATE PROJECT 13, 6/13/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(1) Tsuji Yota vs. Yuya Uemura
(2) Ren Narita vs. Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PROJECT)
(3) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Dinosaur Takuma (K-DOJO) vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
(4) Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoyuki Oka
(5) Shota Umino vs. Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO)
RIKI CHOSHU PRODUCE NEWS
~ Riki Choshu announced the main event and semi-final matches for his next show that is scheduled to take place on July 10 at the Korakuen Hall. The main event will see Riki Choshu, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshitatsu versus Jun Akiyama, Daichi Hashimoto and Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio. This will mark the first time that ever that Choshu and Akiyama haved faced each other in the pro-wrestling ring. Which lead to Akiyama stating that given the opportunity that he will seek to capture the win over Choshu. The semi-final match will see the team of Tatsumi Fujinami, Naomichi Marufuji and Shotaro Ashino taking on Shingo Takagi, Koji Doi and Kaito Kiyomiya.
Riki Choshu Produce POWER HALL 2018 ~ Battle of another dimension~, 7/10/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Semi-final ~ A NEW ENCOUNTER: Tatsumi Fujinami (DRADITION), Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Shotaro Ashino (W-1) vs. Shingo Takagi (DG), Koji Doi (W-1) & Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH)
(-) Main Event ~ JOIN THE REVOLUTION II: Riki Choshu, Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW) & Yoshitatsu (FREE/AJPW) vs. Jun Akiyama (AJPW), Daichi Hashimoto (BJW) & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1)
(1) Takumi Baba vs. Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PRO)
(2) Shuji Kondo, Ganseki Tanaka & Ryuuji Hijikata vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato & Jun Tonsho
(3) Alejandro vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG)
(4) Masayuki Kono & Daishi (GJP) vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Mitsuhiro Yoshida (GJP)
(5) Kaz Hayashi & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Andy Wu & El Hijo del Pantera
(6) Manabu Soya, Seiki Yoshioka & Koji Doi vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
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~ The full event card was announced for the Osaka show on May 20. The main event will feature the new Union MAX Champion Naoki Tanizaki defending against Takumi Tsukamoto.
BASARA, 5/20/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Osaka City Oyodo Community Center
(-) Billyken Kid (FREE) vs. Takato Nakano
(-) Pro-Wrestling Trial: Goma Ryu vs. Hercules Senga vs. (to be announced)
(-) Best Stretch Man V3 & Best Stretchman Amazon vs. Yasu Urano (FREE) & Fuminori Abe
(-) Trans Am ★ Hiroshi & Yusuke Kubo vs. Manabu Hara (FREE) & Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PRO)
(-) Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. FUMA, SAGAT & HUB (FREE)
(-) Union MAX Championship Match: [10th Champion] Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE) vs. [Challenger] Takumi Tsukamoto
~ 1st title defense.
~ Part of the card was formally announced for the June 3 show in Shinjuku. As Naomi Yoshimura takes on Yuki Ueno, Kouki Iwasaki faces off against Ryota Nakatsu, the big man Yuki Iino makes his return from injury against Kota Umeda, and Choun Shiryu and Rekka begin their path as a allies and not adversaries.
DNA 45, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinjuku Village Studio in Tokyo
(-) Great China Alliance vs New Beijing Pro!: Choun Shiryu & Rekka vs. (to be announced)
(-) Iino’s Return Match: Kota Umeda vs. Yuki Iino
(-) Kouki Iwasaki vs. Ryota Nakatsu [BASARA]
(-) Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yuki Ueno
~ The full event card was announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on May 24.
Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS “F☆Spirit! 2018”, 5/24/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(-) Kenichiro Arai (DG) & Dragon Libre vs. Chikara (Riki Enterprise) & Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PRO)
(-) Hardcore Match: Kamui vs. Gunso
(-) Yuya Susumu & Masamune (FREE) vs. ‘brother’ YASSHI & Minoru Fujita (both FREE)
(-) Death Match: GENTARO vs. FUMA (BASARA)
(-) Death Match: Masashi Takeda (FREE), Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Takashi Sasaki, Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Tomoya Hirata
(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka
~ 12th title defense.
~ The full event card was announced for KAI’s self-produce charity show on July 7 in Yokohama. The main event will feature KAI taking on Shingo Takagi in a dream match.
1st Yokohama Children Hospice Charity Pro-Wrestling, 7/7/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
(1) Super Unique Showdown: Black Tiger VII vs. (to be announced)
(2) Jiu Jitsu Jacket Match: Hikaru Sato vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto
(3) Bodybuilder vs Sumo Superhuman Strength Showdown: The Bodyguard vs. Shogun Okamoto
(4) Demon Mask vs Gifu Stallion Boxing Rules: Kendo Kashin vs. Rocky Kawamura
(5) BACK TO NEW YORK: MEN’S Teioh vs. TAJIRI
(6) Raise Spirit! Wrong Way! Dream Granted: KAI vs. Shingo Takagi
~ The full event card was announced for the June 15 show in Tokyo.
Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Michinoku 2018 Tokyo Vol. 3 ~Kikikaikai~”, 6/15/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Joshi Pro Super Fight: Yapperman #3 vs. Hiroe Nagahama
(2) Michinoku vs ZERO1 Young War Vol. 3: Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura vs. Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura
(3) Michinoku Pro-Wrestling 25th Anniversary Special Match: Jinsei Shinzaki, Dick Togo & Ultimo Dragon vs. Numajiro Kesen, Hayate & GAINA
(4) Kenbai’s Return Match: Taro Nohashi, Kenbai, Rasse, Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2 vs. Rui Hyugaji, Manjimaru, Ken45°, Kengo & Ayumu Honda
(5) The Great Sasuke Alliance vs Brahman Brothers Alliance ~ Mascara Contra Cabellera 2/3 Fall Match: The Great Sasuke, Mini Master, Gorgeous Matsuno & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Ultraman Robin & Abdullah Kobayashi
~ The Tokyo IC Tag belts were announced to be in defense on July 17 as MAZADA & FUJITA defend against Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka. Shinya Aoki was also announced to compete on the show.
Tokyo Gurentai “Tokyo LOVE VIII”, 7/17/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. KAMINARI
(-) Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [7th Champions] MAZADA & FUJITA vs. [Challengers] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka
(-) Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki vs. [Challenger] Kaz Hayashi
~ 6th title defense.
~ Also announced to be competing: NOSAWA Rongai, Rey Wagner, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Kendo Kashin, Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato, Rocky Kawamura, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Takatoshi Matsumoto, Takuya Kai & Shinya Aoki
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DNA 44, 5/9/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 117 Spectators
~ Yuki Iino
(1) Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Joji Otani (HEAT-UP)
◆Winner: Joji (10:34) with a Wrist Clutch style Northern Lights Suplex Hold.
(2) Choun Shiryu (New Beijing) vs. Rekka
◆Winner: Shiryu (9:19) with a Chinese Reverse Gory Special Bomb.
(3) Mizuki Watase & Jason Kincaid vs. Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) & Baliyan Akki (India)
◆Winner: Watase (9:37) following a Backdrop on Akki.
(4) DNA vs Kibatai: Kouki Iwasaki & MAO vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu (both BASARA)
◆Winner: Sekine (13:24) with the Let’s Combine on MAO. ~ Iwasaki and Nakatsu agreed to a singles match on the 6/3 show in Shinjuku.
~ Yuki Iino announced that he will be returning to active competition on 6/3.
(5) Kota Umeda vs. Daiki Shimomura
◆Winner: Imeda (11:45) following the Umeda Driver.
(6) DNA vs Naomi Kingdom: Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Naomi Yoshimura, Keisuke Okuda (FREE) & Akira Joe (FREE)
◆Winner: Ueno (19:15) with a Frog Splash on Joe. ~ Following the win, Ueno called out for a singles match against Yoshimura on 6/3.
~ During today’s Champion Carnival final, Yuma Aoyagi announced his return to be on June 5 at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo. This show will also feature the final time for All Japan to be at the building before it is demolished to begin redevelopment in the area for the 2020 Olympics. Atushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki will be competing in a special singles match, as the two trained and grew there as part of the NOAH dojo, and then Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori will be taking on the Tamon Honda and Masao Inoue.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUPER POWER SERIES ~ All Japan at Differ Ariake Final Show”, 6/5/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Differ Ariake in Tokyo
(-) Differ Ariake All Japan Wrestling Final Memorial Special Single Match: Atsushi Aoki vs. Kotaro Suzuki (FREE)
(-) Differ Ariake All Japan Wrestling Final Memorial Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori vs. Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue (both FREE)
(-) Yuma Aoyagi Return Special 8 Man Tag Match: Kento Miayahara, Yoshitatsu, Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Jake Lee, Ryoji Sai, Dylan James & Koji Iwamoto
~ The event cards were also updated for the 5/26, 5/27, 5/31, 6/2 & 6/5 shows.
() Special 3WAY Tag Match: Kikutaro vs. Kuishinbo Kamen vs. Super Sasadango Machine
() Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno vs. Dick Togo
() Crash the Super Heavy Special Tag Match: (tba) Kazusada Higuchi, Toru Owashi, Naomi Yoshimura, Mad Paulie
() Special Tag Match: HUB & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Yasu Urano & MEN’S Teioh
() Main Event Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Antonio Honda
~ The full event card was announced for the DNA show on May 9 at the Shinkiba 1stRING.
DNA 44, 5/9/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Joji Otani (HEAT-UP)
() Choun Shiryu (New Beijing) vs. Rekka
() Mizuki Watase & Jason Kincaid vs. Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) & Baliyan Akki (India)
() Kota Umeda vs. Daiki Shimomura
() DNA vs Kibatai: Kouki Iwasaki & MAO vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu (both BASARA)
() DNA vs Naomi Kingdom: Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Naomi Yoshimura, Keisuke Okuda (FREE) & Akira Joe (FREE)
~ The format for the death matches for the first set of shows in May were announced.
FREEDOMS “We love FREEDOMS! We are FREEDOMS! 2018”, 5/2/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(0) Exhibition Match: Hayatada Miki vs. Trainee K
(1) Opening Special Brass Knuckle Street Fight Match: GENTARO vs. Gunso
(-) Chikara, Tomoya Hirata & Dragon Libre vs. Mitsuo Momota, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Masamune
() Hardcore Match: Kamui vs. Minoru Fujita
(-) UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Yuya Susumu vs. [Challenger] ‘brother’ YASSHI
~ 6th title defense.
(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Takashi Sasaki & Gurukun Mask
~ 11th title defense.
(-) TLC 3WAY Tag Death Match: Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Yuko Miyamoto
(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ~ Fluorescent Lights + Double Glass Board + Alpha Death Match: [9th Champion] Violento Jack vs. [Challenger] Masashi Takeda
~ 3rd title defense.
Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 5/4/2018 [Fri] 17:30 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
(0) Takashi Sasaki vs. Trainee M
() Kamui & Tomoya Hirata vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Dragon Libre
() Shuichiro Katsumura vs. Chikara
() Yuya Susumu vs. Yuko Miyamoto
() Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA
() Hardcore 3WAY Tag Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Masashi Takeda & Minoru Fujita vs. Mammoth Sasaki & GENTARO
() Takashi Sasaki vs. Toru Sugiura
Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 5/6/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Fuji-san Messe in Shizuoka
() Dragon Libre vs. Keisuke Goto (WAVE)
() WAVE Offer Match: Rina Yamashita vs. Hiroe Nagahama
() Toru Sugiura vs. Chikara
() Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Yuya Susumu & Shuichiro Katsumura
() Mammoth Sasaki & Kamui vs. GENTARO & Tomoya Hirata
() Fluorescent Light-tubes + Barbed-wire Board & Sawtooth Ladder Tag Death Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Jun Kasai & Takashi Sasaki
~ Four matches, three of which being title matches, were announced as official for the Korakuen Hall show on May 29 with the event cards updated for the first half of the May shows which will feature prelude matches before title defenses.
Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. with Breeze 2018”, 5/29/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Kenoh vs. Atsushi Kotoge
(-) GHC Jr. Tag Championship Match: [34th Champions] Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka vs. [Challengers] Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke
~ 1st title defense.
(-) GHC Tag Championship Match: [43rd Champions] Go Shiozaki & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. [Challengers] Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya
~ 1st title defense.
(-) GHC Heayvweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Naomichi Marufuji
~ 2nd title defense.
~ Also announced is that RATEL’S will be hosting their own self-produce show on June 30 at the Shinkiba 1stRING.
~ It was announced that Masaaki Mochizuki will defend the Tokyo World Heavyweight belt against Kaz Hayashi on July 17 at the Shinjuku FACE. The match was originally touted back on April 4 at the Hagure IGF International show, in which Mochizuki defended the belt against Rocky Kawamura.
Tokyo Gurentai “Tokyo LOVE VIII”, 7/17/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(-) Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki vs. [Challenger] Kaz Hayashi
~ 6th title defense.
~ Updated event cards for the May shows plus much of event card was announced for the 5/19 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.
ZERO1 & Cho-Hanabi Pro-Wrestling “Kuroki Festival 2018”, 5/6/2018 [Sun] @ Seishin Sangyo Unyu Special Ring in Tokyo
() Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shoki Kitamura vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Keiichi Sato
() Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. SUSHI
() Ice Ribbon Offer Match: Risa Sera vs. Tequila Saya
() Shogun Okamoto vs. Towa Iwasaki
() KENSO & Kohei Sato vs. Chris Vice & KAMIKAZE
() Shinjiro Otani, Yusaku Obata & SUGI vs. Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara & Hartley Jackson
() Electric Current Blast Death Match: TARU & Jaguar Yokota vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Akane Fujita
ZERO1 “East Japan Great Earthquake Charity Show ~ Genki Festival 2018”, 5/12/2018 [Sat] @ tba
() Towa Iwasaki vs. Shoki Kitamura
() OPG Offer Match: Black Tiger & THE RUSH vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Yoshikazu Yokoyama
() Shinjiro Otani & Kamikaze Attack vs. Masato Tanaka & Takuya Sugawara
Pro-Wrestling ZERO1, 5/13/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Hiroshima Marina Hop
() Ikuto Hidaka & Rey Paloma (DOVE) vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama & Kenshin Chikano
() Shogun Okamoto vs. Shoki Kitamura
() Yusaku Obata vs. Black Tiger w/ THE RUSH & Devil Magician
() NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Chris Vice vs. [Challenger] Takeshi Okada (TK Esperanza)
() Shinjiro Otani, Kohei Sato, SUGI & Towa Iwasaki vs. Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara, Chris Vice & KAMIKAZE
Pro-Wrestling ZERO1, 5/19/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(-) Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura vs. Joji Otani & Tetsuya Izuchi (both HEAT-UP)
(-) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Fuminori Abe (BASARA)
(-) Shogun Okamoto vs. Chris Vice
(-) Yusaku Obata & Hiroshi Yamato (FREE) vs. Masato Tanaka & Takuya Sugawara
(-) Kohei Sato & SUGI vs. Yuji Hino (FREE) & Hartley Jackson
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DNA 43, 4/5/2018 [Thu] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: MAO & Rising HAYATO (EPW) vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Akira Joe (FREE)
◆Winner: Joe (7:57) following a Cross Rhodes on HAYATO. ~ Naomi Yoshimura & Akira Joe move on to the final match.
(2) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: Kouki Iwasaki & Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA) vs. Yuki Ueno & Koji Takeda (666)
◆Winner: Ueno (7:52) with a School Boy on Iwasaki. ~ Yuki Ueno & Koji Takeda move on to the final match.
(3) World-wide Match: Mike Bailey (Canada) vs. Baliyan Akki (India)
◆Winner: Bailey (9:05) following a Buzzsaw Kick.
(4) Special Single Match: Rekka vs. Choun Shiryu
◆Winner: Shiryu (9:42) via referee stop.
(5) Minoru Tanaka (FREE), Mizuki Watase & Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) vs. Kota Umeda, Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani
◆Winner: Watase (12:48) following a Backdrop on Shimatani.
(6) DNA vs Naomi Kingdom: Shunma Katsumata vs. Keisuke Okuda (FREE)
◆Winner: Okuda (10:15) via referee stop, with a Sleeper Hold.
(7) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT Final Match: Naomi Yoshimura & Akira Joe vs. Yuki Ueno & Koji Takeda
◆Winner: Yoshimura (16:39) following a Release Powerbomb on Ueno. ~ Yoshimura & Joe win the first ever Sanshiro Takagi Cup DNA SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2018.
~Two title matches were made official for “MAX BUMP 2018” at the Korakuen Hall on April 29, as Konosuke Takeshita will be defending the KO-D Openweight belt against Shigehiro Irie and then Yuko Miyamoto will be putting the DDT EXTREME belt up against HARASHIMA.
~ Then two wrestlers were announced to be leaving DDT in Cherry and Suguru Miyatake. Cherry has been active in DDT for the last 14 years, but she hinted that she is not retiring from pro-wrestling though taking a new path as a freelance wrestler. Then Miyatake has been out of action for over 2 years now due to injury and just feels that he cannot return in his current condition and mental state. His is though thankful to all the fans and memories that he gained as a member of DDT.
DDT “MAX BUMP 2018”, 4/29/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Cherry DDT Last Match: Cherry, Françoise ☆ Takagi & Makoto Oishi vs. Danshoku Dieno, KUDO & Masahiro Takanashi
(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [40th Champion] Yuko Miyamoto (666) vs. [Challenger] HARASHIMA
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [61st Champion] Konosuke Takeshita vs. [Challenger] Shigehiro Irie
~ 12th title defense.
~ Then the full event card was announced for the April 5 show in Shinkiba.
DNA 43, 4/5/2018 [Thu] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: MAO & Rising HAYATO vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Akira Joe
() SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: Kouki Iwasaki & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda
() Special Single Match: Rekka vs. Choun Shiryu
() World-wide Match: Mike Bailey vs. Baliyan Akki
() Minoru Tanaka (FREE), Mizuki Watase & Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) vs. Kota Umeda, Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() DNA vs Naomi Kingdom: Shunma Katsumata vs. Keisuke Okuda (FREE)
~ T-Hawk & Eita were announced to be defending the Twin Gate belts against Big R Shimizu & Ben-K on May 6 in Nagoya.
Dragon Gate “DEAD or ALIVE 2018”, 5/6/2018 [Sun] @ Nagoya City Aichi Prefecture Gymnasium
(-) Open The Twin Gate Championship Match: [Champions] T-Hawk & Eita vs. [Challengers] Big R Shimizu & Ben-K
(-) Cabellera vs Cabellera Steel Cage Survival 7WAY Match: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. YAMATO vs. Ryo Saito vs. Punch Tominaga vs. El Lindaman vs. Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroyuki Kanda
Two more matches were announced for Kenta Kobashi’s fifth produce show on June 11 at the Korakuen Hall.
The additions see a 6 man tag match as a heavy chopping team of Yuji Hino, Go Shiozaki and Zeus will be taking on the heavy kicking team of Akitoshi Saito, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kohei Sato. Then a singles match was also announced as Kotaro Suzuki will be taking on BJW’s up-and-comer Kazumi Kikuta. (Which something to add between Kotaro and Kikuta is their love for Gundam (Kotaro) and Kamen Rider (Kikuta) which they have incorporated into their own in-ring style.)
Below is the announced event card at this time…
Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Kazumi Kikuta (BJW)
(-) Yuji Hino (FREE), Go Shiozaki (NOAH) & Zeus (AJPW) vs. Akitoshi Saito (NOAH), Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH) & Kohei Sato (ZERO1)
(-) Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) & Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO) vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
(-) Koki Kitahara 30th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Koki Kitahara (CAPTURE) & Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Super Tiger (RJPW)
FREEDOMS NEWS
~ It was announced official that Violento Jack will be defending the KING of FREEDOM belt against Masashi Takeda on May 2 at the Korakuen Hall.
FREEDOMS “We love FREEDOMS! We are FREEDOMS! 2018”, 5/2/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [9th Champion] Violento Jack vs. [Challenger] Masashi Takeda
~ 3rd title defense.
Following the conclusion of this weekends show, the full event cards were announced for the next set of title matches that will take place at the end of this month and the start of the next.
April 29 in Kumamoto will see a double main event of LIJ versus Suzuki-gun , as the IWGP IC belt in defense as Minoru Suzuki defends against Tetsuya Naito. and then SANADA & EVIL defend the IWGP Tag belts against Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Then the May 4 show in Hakata, Fukuoka will see the main event of Kazuchika Okada aiming to capture the all-time defense record with the IWGP Heavy belt as he takes on the current record holder, with 11 in total, in Hiroshi Tanahashi. Then also on the show Will Ospreay will be defending the IWGP Junior belt against KUSHIDA.
Then on the “Road to Wrestling Dontaku” tour, three more title matches were announced. As on April 23 Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperadon will defend the IWGP Jr. Tag belts against BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi, on April 24 Jay White will be putting the IWGP US belt against David Finlay, and then on April 27 Hirooki Goto defends the NEVER Openweight belt against Juice Robinson.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2018“, 4/23/2018 [Mon] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [57th Champions] Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado vs. [Challenger] BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
~ 2nd title defense.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2018“, 4/24/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Match: [2nd Champion] Jay White vs. [Challenger] David Finlay
~ 2nd title defense.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2018“, 4/27/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Hiroshima Green Arena
(-) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [17th Champion] Hirooki Goto vs. [Challenger] Juice Robinson
~ 3rd title defense.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Wrestling no Hi no Kuni”, 4/29/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Grand Messe Kumamoto
(1) Yuji Nagata & Tetsuhiro Yagi vs. Tomoyuki Oka & Shota Umino
(2) David Finlay, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jay White, Rocky Romero, YOH & SHO
(3) Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
(4) Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Takashi Iizuka, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku
(5) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin & KUSHIDA vs. Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay
(6) Special Single Match: BUSHI vs. El Desperado
(7) Special Single Match: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
(8) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [79th Champions] SANADA & EVIL vs. [Challengers] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
~ 2nd title defense.
(9) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [17th Champion] Minoru Suzuki vs. [Challenger] Tetsuya Naito
~ 2nd title defense.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Wrestling Dontaku 2018”, 5/3/2018 [Thu] 17:00 @ Fukuoka International Center
(1) Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
(2) Yuji Nagata, Tomoyuki Oka & Tetsuhiro Yagi vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi
(3) Rocky Romero, YOH & SHO vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Takashi Iizuka
(4) Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & Toa Henare vs. Hirooki Goto, Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
(5) NEVER 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [16th Champions] Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. [Challengers] Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Mary Scurll
~ 4th title defense.
(6) Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
(7) Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA vs. Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay
(8) Special Single Match: Kota Ibushi vs. Cody
(9) Special Single Match: Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Wrestling Dontaku 2018”, 5/4/2018 [Fri] 17:00 @ Fukuoka International Center
(1) Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino & Ren Narita
(2) Yuji Nagata & Tetsuhiro Yagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
(3) Rocky Romero, YOH & SHO vs. Takashi Iizuka, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku
(4) Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
(5) Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Michael Elgin vs. Hirooki Goto, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI
(6) Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
(7) Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt & Nick Jackson
(8) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [80th Champion] Will Ospreay vs. [Challenger] KUSHIDA
~ 3rd title defense.
(9) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Hiroshi Tanahashi
~ 12th title defense.
The matches were announced for the small tournament to crown the next champions for the vacant GHC Junior Tag belts. As Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke take on Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka and then HAYATA & YO-HEY take on Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano.
Then with that four prelude singles matches were announced to be taking place on the April 11 show, which will feature the final match of the currently on-going “Global Tag League”. Then there were also minor changes made to the event cards for the rest of the GTL tour, as Hi69 and Minoru will be teaming together on several of the shows.
Below are the event cards at this time…
Pro-Wrestling NOAH “GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2018”, 4/11/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) YO-HEY vs. Hitoshi Kumano
(-) Minoru Tanaka (FREE) vs. Tadasuke
(-) Hajime Ohara vs. HAYATA
(-) Daisuke Harada vs. Hi69
(-) GTL Final Match: (#1 Team) vs. (#2 Team)
Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. To The Northern Cross 2018”, 4/14/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido
(-) Junta Miyawaki vs. Noriyuki Yoshida (FTO)
(-) Takashi Sugiura & Kenoh vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge
(-) 34th GHC Junior Tag Championship Decision Tournament 1st Round: Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka
(-) 34th GHC Junior Tag Championship Decision Tournament 1st Round: HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. To The Northern Cross 2018, 4/15/2018 [Sun] 12:30 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido
~ Keiji Mutoh successfully underwent surgery to replace both of his knees with artificial joints. There is no word on when he will begin rehabilitation, but he remains adamant that he will return to the ring as soon as possible.
~ Then Hiroshi Yamato announced that he be going freelance from WRESTLE-1 with the start of April. He is still scheduled to compete for the promotion on 4/3 though this will mark his first time with them as freelance. Yamato, who just returned from a neck injury that has kept him out of action for the last year and a half, stated that he will continue competing as a pro-wrestling as he truly loves competing in the ring.
~ It was made official that Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio will be defending the Result Championship against Seigo Tachibana on April 18 at the Korakuen Hall.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 CHERRY BLOSSOM, 4/18/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) WRESTLE-1 Result Championship Match: [5th Champion] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. [Challenger] Seigo Tachibana
~ 1st title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Alejandro
~ 4th title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [12th Champions] Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. [Challengers] Manabu Soya & AKIRA
~ 3rd title defense.
~ More matches were announced for the Yasukuni Shine show on April 8 and the Shinjuku FACE show on April 22.
ZERO1 “15th Annual Dedication Pro-Wrestling”, 4/8/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
(-) ZERO1 vs Michinoku: Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura vs. Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura
(-) Jason Lee, SUGI & Shoji Fukushima vs. Ikuto Hidaka, Takuya Sugawara & Sean Guinness
(-) TARU & Hartley Jackson vs. Shogun Okamoto & Mitsuo Momota
(-) NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Super Tiger vs. [Challenger] Chris Vice
(-) Kohei Sato vs. Yuji Hino
(-) Yusaku Obata & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Masato Tanaka & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
(-) Jinsei Shinzaki & Mr. Gannosuke vs. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
~ Then it was announced that Yusaku Obata will be defending the World Heavyweight belt against Hartley Jackson on April 22 at the Shinjuku FACE. The match is coming about after Hartley assaulting Obata following the “TAKESHIBA Coliseum / ZERO1 Dojo” last show on March 31.
ZERO1 “Dream Series”, 4/22/2018 [Sun] @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(-) KAMIKAZE vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
(-) Shinjiro Otani vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
(-) Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura (NOAH) vs. Kohei Sato & SUGI
(-) World Heavyweight Championship Match: [22nd Champion] Yusaku Obta vs. [Challenger] Hartley Jackson
~ 4th title defense.
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[Akebono Update] It was acknowledged publicly that Akebono has been battling with Acute heart failure and has been confined to hospital care for nearly this last year.
Akebono last competed for DDT in April of last year which lead to him going to the hospital due to continued pain in his chest. It was also mentioned that Akebono has dropped from 210 kilos down to 150 kilos. He has been undergoing rehab with his wife and two sons by his side throughout the ordeal. His health had deteriorated so bad that it was not until October that he was able to begin rehabilitation.
Akebono stated that he wishes to go home as soon as possible, especially given that come next month he will be in the hospital for a year. At this time he still struggles on not being able to stand and is confined to a wheel chair. His goal is to first to continue to regain his strength so that he can be able to tackle the normal functions of an every day life.
AJPW NEWS
The full event card was announced for the “Champion Carnival” kick-off show on April 7, as a new rookie will be making his official debut as well.
That rookie being Kazuki Ebina who will be maing his pro debut for the promotion on April 7 in his hometown of Sendai. Ebina was born May, 30, 1990 and hails from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. His current stats list him at 177cm and that he currently weighs in at 95kg. His sports background is in basketball with his in-ring idol being Kenta Kobashi. Ebina got his start in the All Japan Dojo back on July 2, 2017 and is seeing a 9 month turn around for his now debut as a member of the roster.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Champion Carnival”, 4/7/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Miyagi
() Kazuki Ebina’s Debut Match: Atsushi Aoki vs. Kazuki Ebina
() Koji Iwamoto, Atsushi Maruyama, Yohei Nakajima & CarBell Ito vs. Hikaru Sato, Yusuke Okada, Josh Bodom & Aizawa #1
() Joe Doering, Takuya Nomura, Yoshitatsu & KAI vs. Takao Omori, Rtoji Sai, The Bodyguard & Yutaka Yoshie
() Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 30th Anniversary Special Single Match: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Ultimo Dragon
() Carnival B Block Match: Jun Akiyama vs. Dylan James
() Carnival B Block Match: Suwama vs. Zeus
() Carnival A Block Match: Shuji Ishikawa vs. Yuji Hino
() Carnival A Block Match: Kento Miyahara vs. Shingo Takagi
~ Then full event card was announced for the March 21 show at the Korakuen Hall.
BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~”, 3/21/2018 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Takuho Kato vs. Fuminori Abe
(2) Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Shinobu, Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(3) Ryuji Ito, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(4) 6 Man Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto & Jaki Numazawa vs. Ryuichi Sekine, Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto
(5) Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(6) Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazuki Hashimoto
(7) Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Hideki Suzuki vs. Yoshihisa Uto
(8) Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Takuya Nomura vs. Yuya Aoki
(9) Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Ryota Hama vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue
~ Then Daisuke Sekimoto was announced to be taking on Dick Togo in a special singles match on April 22 in Osaka.
BJW “Osaka Surprise 36 ~ Tetsujin Densho”, 4/22/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Osaka City Asahi Kumin Center
() Special Single Match: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Dicko Togo (Michinoku)
~ It was announced that Rekka will be taking on Choun Shiryu in a special singles match. This match joins the 2nd round matches of the on-going “SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT”.
DNA 43, 4/5/2018 [Thu] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: MAO & Rising HAYATO vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Akira Joe
() SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: Kouki Iwasaki & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda
~ Matches were announced for the Yasukuni Shrine show on April 8 as Super Tiger was announced to defend the UN Heavy belt against Chris Vice and Jinsei Shinzaki & Mr. Gannosuke were announced to be teaming to take on the team of Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa. This will be the last time Gannosuke and Shinzaki team together as Gannosuke will retire the following week at GUTS final show on April 15.
ZERO1 “15th Annual Dedication Pro-Wrestling”, 4/8/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
() Jason Lee, SUGI & Shoji Fukushima vs. Ikuto Hidaka, Takuya Sugawara & Sean Guinness
() TARU & Hartley Jackson vs. Shogun Okamoto & Mitsuo Momota
() NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Super Tiger vs. [Challenger] Chris Vice
() Kohei Sato vs. Yuji Hino
() Yusaku Obata & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Masato Tanaka & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
() Jinsei Shinzaki & Mr. Gannosuke vs. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
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DNA 42, 3/7/2018 [Wed] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 147 Spectators
(1) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match: MAO & Rising HAYATO (EPW) vs. Choun Shiryu (New Beijing) & Rekka
◆Winner: MAO (10:17) following a Michinoku Driver I on Rekka.
(2) Ethan Page vs. Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS)
◆Winner: Page (9:30) following the Spinning Dwayne.
(3) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match: Keisuke Okuda & Kengo (both FREE) vs. Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda (666)
◆Winner: Koju (10:33) via foul, Okuda assaulted the referee.
(4) Mizuki Watase vs. Minoru Tanaka (FREE)
◆Winner: Minoru (12:23) following the B”D”F.
(5) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match: Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Akira Joe (FREE)
◆Winner: Yoshimura (11:36) following the Shouneba on Shimatani.
(6) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match: Kota Umeda & Shunma Katsumata vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA)
◆Winner: Iwasaki (15:04) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster on Katsumata.
~ The second round matches are now set for the next show on April 5.
DNA 43, 4/5/2018 [Thu] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: MAO & Rising HAYATO vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Akira Joe
() SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: Kouki Iwasaki & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda
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