Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo 1,400 Spectators
(1) Emerald Dream: Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Kazumi Kikuta (BJW)
◆Winner: Kotaro (8:48) with a Tiger Driver.
(2) Supreme Dream: Io Shirai vs. Meiko Satomura vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto (special referee : Mio Shirai)
◆Winner: DRAW (20:00) Time Expired.
(3) Special Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi vs. Masahiro Chono
~ A 20 minute discussion between the two legends.
(4) Final Dream ~ Koki Kitahara 30th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Koki Kitahara (CAPTURE) & Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Super Tiger (RJPW)
◆Winner: Super Tiger (17:04) following a Soccer Ball Kick on Kitahara.
~ Kitahara then ended his career with a 10 count gong. The First Tiger Mask came out and presented Kitahara with one of his masks in a case.
(5) Violent Dream: Yuji Hino (FREE), Go Shiozaki (NOAH) & Zeus (AJPW) vs. Akitoshi Saito (NOAH), Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH) & Kohei Sato (ZERO1)
◆Winner: Shiozaki (19:36) following a Gowan Lariat on Saito.
(6) Fortune Dream: Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) & Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO) vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
◆Winner: Kiyomiya (24:59) with a Tiger Suplex Hold on Toru.
~ The full event cards were announced for the two-day Sapporo that will be taking place on June 30th and July 1st.
Following the retention of the World Tag belts over TAJIRI & KAI on June 3rd in Kobe, Ryoji Sai and Dylan James will be defending against Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa on the 6/30 show.
Then joining the previously announced World Junior match on 7/1, the main event was announced to be a non-title match as Kento Miyahara takes on his former fellow NEXTREAM teammate in Jake Lee. With Lee’s recent return from injury, he has taken it upon himself to single out Miyahara as he seeks to prove himself now instead of falling further behind due to his recent time on the sidelines.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Dynamite Series”, 6/30/2018 [Sat] 14:00 @ Hotel Emisia Sapporo in Hokkaido
() Atsushi Maruyama vs. Ishikiri
() Atsushi Aoki, Hikaru Sato & Tomoya vs. Yohei Nakajima, Ultimo Dragon & TAJIRI
() Takao Omori & Mushuku no ‘Sekiko’ vs. Joe Doering & The Bodyguard
() Jun Akiyama vs. Yuma Aoyagi
() Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu & Naoya Nomura vs. Jake Lee, Koji Iwamoto & Keiichi Sato
() Zeus vs. KAI
() World Tag Championship ~ World Tag 30th Anniversary Match: [82nd Champions] Ryoji Sai & Dylan James vs. [Challengers] Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa
~ 2nd title defense.
AJPW “2018 Dynamite Series”, 7/1/2018 [Sun] 14:00 @ Hotel Emisia Sapporo in Hokkaido
() Atsushi Maruyama vs. Naoya Nomura
() Ultimo Dragon & Ishikiri vs. Keiichi Sato & Tomoya
() Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori vs. Yoshitatsu & Yuma Aoyagi
() Joe Doering, Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. TAJIRI, KAI & Mushuku no ‘Sekiko’
() Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa & Hikaru Sato vs. Ryoji Sai, Dylan James & Koji Iwamoto
() World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [47th Champion] Atsushi Aoki vs. [Challenger] Yohei Nakajima
~ 3rd title defense.
() Special Single Match: Kento Miyahara vs. Jake Lee
~ It was announced that Mio Shirai will be the special referee for the previously announced 3WAY joshi match on the show. This is being noted as the last time Io and Mio will be involved in a match before Io is WWE/NXT bound this Summer.
Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Emerald Dream: Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Kazumi Kikuta (BJW)
(2) Supreme Dream: Io Shirai vs. Meiko Satomura vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto (special referee : Mio Shirai)
(3) Special Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi vs. Masahiro Chono
(4) Final Dream ~ Koki Kitahara 30th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Koki Kitahara (CAPTURE) & Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Super Tiger (RJPW)
(5) Violent Dream: Yuji Hino (FREE), Go Shiozaki (NOAH) & Zeus (AJPW) vs. Akitoshi Saito (NOAH), Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH) & Kohei Sato (ZERO1)
(6) Fortune Dream: Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) & Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO) vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
~ Minoru Suzuki took part in a press conference to announced the main event of the “TAKAYAMANIA” show that will take place on August 31st at the Korakuen Hall.
Suzuki was joined by Makoto Ishihara, of the TAKAYAMANIA Executive Committee, to give an update on Takayama and for the upcoming show. It has been a little over a year since Takayama suffered a severed spine injury and diagnosed with almost no chance to fully recover from it. This has lead to charity shows and donations being set up in his honor. As for Takayama’s current state it was noted that he can now move his shoulders just a little bit.
Takayama has taken on the role of producer for this show and has given some ideas to Suzuki in regards to matches. Which the main event was announced with Minoru Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA taking on the team of Taiyo Kea, Kaz Hayashi & TAKA Michinoku. The match is call-back to roughly 10 years prior when all six of them were competing in All Japan Pro-Wrestling at the time. Special guests are also to attend the show and it will air live on AbemaTV.
TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE, 8/31/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(7) Main Event: Minoru Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Taiyo Kea, Kaz Hayashi & TAKA Michinoku
~ Also announced to compete : Naomichi Marufuji, Takao Omori & Sanshiro Takagi
~ The full event cards were announced for the June 17 show in Maebashi and the June 22 show at the 1stRING.
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) Kaz Hayashi & Takanori Ito vs. Shuji Kondo & Alejandro
(6) Manabu Soya, Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Koji Doi vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/22/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) Masayuki Kono vs. Tsugataka Sato
(2) Seiki Yoshioka & Andy Wu vs. Ganseki Tanaka & Takumi Baba
(3) Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera vs. Yusuke Kodama & Kenichiro Arai
(4) Koji Doi vs. Takanori Ito
(5) Manabu Soya, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & Jun Tonsho
(6) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi
More details were released in regards to the injury that Yusaku Obata suffered at the close of the June 3rd show in Hokkaido. [6/3 Results]
His diagnosis was a heat stroke that was brought on by dehydration. He underwent a more thorough examination on 6/4 to which he was found to have suffered chipped bone and fracture in his neck. He was noted to have been suffering from issues with his breathing, which is why they checked his chest and neck, and thus they found the problem after more tests. It is presumed at this time that the fall that occurred while he was on the top rope caused the injury. He has no major problems outside of the breathing issue and thus he should be able to recover with proper rest. Though he will miss the next major scheduled show on 6/9 at the Shinkiba 1stRING.
Which the event card was updated for that show…
Pro-Wrestling ZERO1 “ZERO1 Dream Series”, 6/9/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura vs. TARU & Takuya Sugawara
(2) Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Hartley Jackson
(3) Kohei Sato vs. KAMIKAZE
(4) NWA Light Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [26th Champions] SUGI & Masamune (FREE) vs. [Challengers] Ikuto Hidaka & Fuminori Abe
~ 2nd title defense.
(5) NWA World Junior & International Junior Double Championship Match: [121st & 21st Champion] Isami Kodaka vs. [Challenger] Shinjiro Otani
~ 1st title defense.
(6) NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Shogun Okamoto vs. [Challenger] Chris Vice
~ 1st title defense.
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~ Then the full event cards were announced for shows on June 8 in Nagaoka and June 16 in Osaka.
Big Japan Pro-Wrestling & Niigata Pro-Wrestling Joint Show, 6/8/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Aore Nagaoka in Niigata
(1) Dai Nippon vs Niigata: Yoshihisa Uto vs. Makoto Maeda
(2) Niigata Pro vs Ice Ribbon: Mai Mizuochi vs. Risa Sera
(3) Fugo Fugo Yumeji, Ricky Fuji & Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Buki, Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa
(4) Abdullah Kobayashi & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Debu Gaichu & Takayuki Ueki
(5) Heavy vs Junior 6 Tag Match: Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryota Hama & Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino, Kota Sekifuda & Kazuki Hashimoto
(6) Dai Nippon vs Niigata Pro Special Tag Match: Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Shigeno Shima & Big THE Ryokan
BJW “Osaka Surprise 37”, 6/16/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ Osaka City Miyakojima Kumin Center
(1) Yuya Aoki & Akira Hyodo vs. Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa
(2) Motsugu Shimizu & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Kankuro Hoshino & Yuki Morihiro
(3) MIYAWAKI, Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota vs. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Yuichi Taniguchi
(4) HUB vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda
(5) Kazuki Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(6) Daisuke Sekimoto, Yutaka Yoshie, Yoshihisa Uto & Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue, Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(7) Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Jaki Numazawa & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki
~ The full event card and match order was announced for next months show on June 11 at the Korakuen. The main event will present a big spot for the four young talents that each represent a separate promotion in Japan.
Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Emerald Dream: Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Kazumi Kikuta (BJW)
(2) Supreme Dream: Io Shirai vs. Meiko Satomura vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto
(3) Special Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi vs. Masahiro Chono
(4) Final Dream ~ Koki Kitahara 30th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Koki Kitahara (CAPTURE) & Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Super Tiger (RJPW)
(5) Violent Dream: Yuji Hino (FREE), Go Shiozaki (NOAH) & Zeus (AJPW) vs. Akitoshi Saito (NOAH), Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH) & Kohei Sato (ZERO1)
(6) Fortune Dream: Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) & Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO) vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
Harold George Meij, former Representative President & CEO of Takara-Tomy, has been named the new President of New Japan Pro-Wrestling as of June 1.
In Takara-Tomy, the 54 year old from Netherlands, was in charge of marketing for the foreign market and overseer in regards to the launching of new brands. It should also be noted that he was also the Vice President of Cola-Cola Japan in 2006 before joining Takara-Tomy. Kidani has put full faith in Meij to lead New Japan forward into their international expansion.
News was made public that Ayako Hamada was previously arrested in regards to the use of stimulant drugs. Which during today’s WAVE show in Tokyo, it was formally announced that her contract with the promotion was canceled.
Personal note: I know what is being said on twitter, but until something is officially announce I refuse to use that platform for a tell-all. Though from my personal knowledge, stimulants in Japan can be something in the effect of prescription drugs, not authorized in Japan are considered stimulants, or even something like cocaine, etc. Japan has a no toleration policy for the unauthorized use of drugs, so it will be just a wait and see in regards to how this may work against her any further.
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~ President Takashi Okamura announced his retirement from the promotion due to on-going medical issues. Due to this announcement Toru Kido will take over as the executive director of “Dragon Gate Entertainment. Co. Ltd”.
~ With this announcement it was also made public that CIMA will be taking over as president of “Dragon Gate Co., Ltd.”, with his focus solely on the international expansion of “Oriental Wrestling Entertainment” which primarily works out of Shanghai, China. T-Hawk, El Lindaman, and Takehiro Yamamura were announced to be joining with CIMA in OWE. So their participation on DG in Japan will be reduced. OWE was originally founded in 2017 and he looks to take part in roughly 80+ shows a year.
~ Kobashi announced that he will be holding a special talk battle with Masahiro Chono on the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on June 11. This year specifically marks the 15th anniversary from their GHC Heavy title match at a NJPW show on May 2, 2003 at the Tokyo Dome.
Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Special Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi vs. Masahiro Chono
(-) 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)
~ In what has been culminating for much of the year, Sasuke and the Brahman Brothers have finally split and the two sides will clash in a “mask vs hair” match on June 15 at the Korakuen Hall. The show will also feature the return match for Kenbai.
Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Michinoku 2018 Tokyo Vol. 3 ~Kikikaikai~”, 6/15/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Kenbai’s Return Match:
(-) The Great Sasuke Alliance vs Brahman Brothers Alliance ~ Mascara Contra Cabellera:
~ All 16 wrestlers were announced for this years “BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. 25” which is set to begin on May 18.
A BLOCK
Tiger Mask IV
ACH
Flip Gordon
Will Ospreay
YOH
Taiji Ishimori (FREE)
Yoshinobu Kanemaru (FREE)
BUSHI
B BLOCK
KUSHIDA
Ryusuke Taguchi
Chris Sabin
Dragon Lee
SHO
Martly Scurll
El Desperado
Hiromu Takahashi
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/18/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Flip Gordon
() BOSJ A BLOCK: YOH vs. BUSHI
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Ospreay vs. Taiji Ishimori
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/19/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Chris Sabin
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Martly Scurll
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/20/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Kira Messa Numazu in Shizuoka
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. YOH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: BUSHI vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Will Ospreay
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/22/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Dragon Lee
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Martly Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. BUSHI
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Ospreay vs. YOH
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/25/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Osaka City Chuo Taiikukan, Sub-Arena
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. Martly Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: SHO vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. Hiromu Takahashi
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/26/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Nagoya
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Flip Gordon
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. YOH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/27/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Nagoya International Conference Hall
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Marty Scurll vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. Dragon Lee
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. BUSHI
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. YOH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Osprey vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/30/2018 [Wed] 18:30 @ Big Palette Fukushima
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. Marty Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Will Ospreay
() BOSJ A BLOCK: YOH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 6/2/2018 [Sat] 16:00 @ New Sunpia Takasaki in Gunma
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Marty Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: SHO vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Lee
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Chris Sabin
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: SHO vs. Marty Scurll
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. ACH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. Will Ospreay
() BOSJ A BLOCK: YOH vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: BUSHI vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 6/4/2018 [Mon] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() BOSJ Final Match: A Block #1 vs. B Block #1
~ Then 4 title matches were announced for the annual “DOMINION” show in Osaka on June 9. Rey Mysterio was also announced to compete on the show.
NJPW “DOMINION 6.9 in OSAKA-JO HALL”, 6/9/2018 [Sat] @ Osaka Jo Hall
(-) NEVER Openweight Championship 3WAY Match: [17th Champion] Hirooki Goto vs. [Challenger] Michael Elgin vs. [Challenger] Taichi
~ 4th title defense.
(-) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [79th Champions] EVIL & SANADA vs. [Challengers] Young Bucks
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [18th Champion] Tetsuya Naito vs. [Challenger] Chris Jericho
~ 1st title defense.
(-) IWGP Heavyweight Championship ~ 2 Out of 3 Falls Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Kenny Omega
~ 13th title defense.
~ It was announced that Rey Wagner, formerly Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., and Kendo Kashin will be competing on the July 17 show.
Tokyo Gurentai “Tokyo LOVE VIII”, 7/17/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. KAMINARI
(-) Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki vs. [Challenger] Kaz Hayashi
~ 6th title defense.
~ Also announced to be competing: NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA, FUJITA, Rey Wagner, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Kendo Kashin, Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato, Rocky Kawamura, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Takatoshi Matsumoto & Takuya Kai
~ The W-1 GP was announced to begin on July 18 at the Korakuen Hall. The winner will earn the right to challenge for the W-1 Championship on September 2 in Yokohama.
~ Then the full event cards were announced for the May 13 and May 27 shows. The shows will feature Kumaarashi, formerly Kumagoro, who is now going by and Kenichiro Arai, who was portraying Drunk Andy.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 TRIUMPH, 5/13/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama
(1) Andy Wu vs. Masayuki Mitomi
(2) Seiki Yoshioka vs. Jun Tonsho
(3) Kaz Hayashi & Masayuki Kono vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Ganseki Tanaka
(4) Takanori Ito vs. Seigo Tachibana
(5) Alejandro & El Ijo del Pantera vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
(6) Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo, Koji Doi & Tsugataka Sato vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama, Kumaarashi & Kenichiro Arai
(1) Alejandro vs. Takumi Baba
(2) Shuji Kondo, Ganseki Tanaka & Ryuuji Hijikata vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato & Jun Tonsho
(3) Seigo Tachibana vs. Kenichiro Arai
(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
~ Then matches were announced for the next Korakuen Hall show which will take place on June 13. The main event will feature Soya defending the W-1 belt against the now heel Kumaarashi and then Seiki Yoshioka defending the Cruiser belt against Yusuke Kodama. Both challengers are competing under the “Enfants Terribles” faction, as they look to bring more belts into the group.
Which speaking of the faction, following Kenichiro Arai unamasking himself and taking out Seigo Tachibana, who is no longer associated under Ashino, Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio offered to form an alliance with Tachibana as the two will be taking on Ashino and Arai on the show. Tachibana still showed hostility against Kuroshio, as he is not eager to just join his recent rival, though with that said he is also still in a daze following the betrayal of his former allies.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/13/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Kaz Hayashi, Jun Tonsho & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Andy Wu, Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
() Takanori Ito & Ryuji Hijikata vs. MAZADA & FUJITA
() Shuji Kondo & Koji Doi vs. Masayuki Kono & NOSAWA Rongai
() Tsugataka Sato vs. Ganseki Tanaka
() Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Seigo Tachibana vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kenichiro Arai
() WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Yusuke Kodama
~ 5th title defense.
() WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [12th Champion] Manabu Soya vs. [Challenger] Kumaarashi
~ 1st title defense.
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~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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~ It was announced that Shigehiro Irie will be taking on Akito on April 1st at the Korakuen Hall. The winner will earn the right to challenge Konosuke Takeshita on April 29 at Korakuen.
DDT “April Fool 2018”, 4/1/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Gota Ihashi Trial Series: Gota Ihashi vs. Koji Kanemoto (FREE)
(-) Japan & USA Gay Wrestling Summit! 2018: Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Makoto Oishi vs. Colt “Boom Boom” Cabana, Joey Ryan & Ethan Page
(-) Loser Exile Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi vs. Tetsuya Endo, Mad Paulie, Keisuke Ishii, Masahiro Takanashi, Saki Akai, Kazuki Hirata, MAO & Antonio Honda
(-) Kota Umeda, Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase
(-) 4WAY Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata vs. HARASHIMA & Soma Takao vs. Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa vs. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
(-) Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie vs. Akito
(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [40th Champion] Yuko Miyamoto vs. [Challenger] Mike Bailey
~ 2nd title defense.
DDT “MAX BUMP 2018”, 4/29/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [61st Champion] Konosuke Takeshita vs. [Challenger] (tba)
~ 12th title defense.
~ Kobashi announced that the fifth installment for his self-produce shows will be returning on June 11 at the Korakuen Hall. Then two matches were announced, as Koki Kitahara will be both celebrating a 30 years milestone as a pro-wrestling and his retirement as well. Kitahara will be teaming with Mitsuya Nagai to take on the team of Naomichi Marufuji and Super Tiger. Then a young generation tag match was also announced as Kaito Kiyomiya will team with Ayato Yoshida against the team of Toru Sugiura and Takuya Nomura.
Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) 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)
~ The full event card was announced for the April 12 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.
FREEDOMS “GW no Shuyaku wa Oeda! 2018”, 4/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(0) Trainee M vs. Chikara
() Special Opening 6 Man Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Kamui vs. Takashi Sasaki, Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata
() Kenichiro Arai vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO
() Yuya Susumu & Masamune vs. Gunso & ‘brother’ YASSHI
() Kenji Fukimoto & Minoru Fujita vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA
() GENTARO vs. Mr. Gannosuke
() Death Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Jun Kasai & Masashi Takeda
~ Daisuke Sekimoto and Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio were announced to be competing on the April 28 show at Blue Field in Chiba. The show will be part of the “Golden Week Special” events that run throughout that whole week.
K-DOJO “GWSP 7 ~ RoS Produce Show”, 4/28/2018 [Sat] 13:00 @ Blue Field in Chiba
(-) Ayame Sasamura vs. Hiroe Nagahama (WAVE)
(-) Marines Mask vs. Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PRO)
(-) GO Asakawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)
(-) Taishi Takizawa, Kaji Tomato & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1) vs. Tank Nagai, Ayumu Honda & Kyu Mogami
NJPW NEWS
~ EVIL was announced to be making his return on March 30 at the Korakuen Hall.
~ Ospreay will be defending the IWGP Jr. belt against Marty Scurll on the April 1 show at Ryogoku, and then Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi will be taking on Cody & Hangman Page on the show as well. Then with that the full event card was released for the show.
NJPW “Sakura Genesis 2018” 4/1/18 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo
(1) Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens vs. Matt & Nick Jackson
(2) Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Takashi Iizuka & Taichi
(3) NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [16th Champions] Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. [Challengers] Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & Ryusuke Taguchi
~ 3rd title defense.
(4) Special 6 Man Tag Championship Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Hirooki Goto, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI
(5) Special 6 Man Tag Championship Match: Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA vs. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
(6) IWGP Jr. Tag Championship 3WAY Tag Match: [57th Champions] El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs [Challengers] SHO & YOH vs [Challengers] Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
~ 1st defense
(7) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [80th Champion] Will Ospreay vs. [Challenger] Marty Scurll
~ 2nd title defense.
(8) Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi vs. Cody & Hangman Page
(9) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs [Challenger] Zack Sabre Jr.
~ 11th defense
~ The full event card was announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on April 3.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 CHERRY BLOSSOM”, 4/3/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) Ganseki Tanaka & Takumi Baba vs. Masayuki Mitomi (EPW) & Joji Otani (GUTS)
(2) Tsugataka Sato vs. MAZADA
(3) Yusuke Kodama vs. Seigo Tachibana vs. Drunk Andy
(4) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Shunma Katsumata (DDT/DNA)
(5) Seiki Yoshioka & Jun Tonsho vs. Alejandro & Hiroshi Yamato
(6) Captain Fall Elimination Match: Daiki Inaba, Koji Doi, Kumagoro, Andy Wu & Takanori Ito vs. Shuji Kondo, Manabu Soya, Kaz Hayashi, Masayuki Kono & NOSAWA Rongai
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Kenta Kobashi Procue “Fortune Dream 4”, 6/14/2017 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo 1,300 Spectators
(1) Emerald Dream: Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP)
♦Winner: Kotaro (7:58) with a Tiger Driver.
(2) Beautiful Dream: Meiko Satomura & Mika Shirahime vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Konami
♦Winner: Satomura (11:40) following a Death Valley Bomb on Konami.
(3) Crossing Dream: Yuji Okabayashi (BJW) & Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) vs. Go Shiozaki (NOAH) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
♦Winner: Shiozaki (18:47) following the Go Flasher on Kiyomiya.
(4) Fortune Dream 4 special talk battle: Kenta Kobashi vs. Manami Toyota
~ Some highlights of the talk….
~ The first time the two met and talked in person was Shuhei “Maybach” Taniguchi and Mika Nishio’s wedding in March of 2013.
~ Toyota stated that the highest count for her “Rolling Cradle Toyota” was 30 times. Fans counted it.
~ She also done her best to hand down what she has learned to two in particupalar in Ice Ribbon’s Tsukushi and Tsukasa Fujimoto.
~ Toyota will be retiring from active competition on November 3. Which will also be her 30th anniversary as well.
(5) Dangerous Dream: Shuji Ishikawa & Hideki Suzuki (both FREE) vs. Joe Doering (AJPW) & James Raideen (ZERO1)
♦Winner: DRAW (30:00) Time Expired. ~ After the match, Shuji and Hideki gave out a “No Fear” pose in honor Takayama who was originally scheduled to compete, Hideki took his place, but could not due to injury.
(6) Fortune Dream: Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW) & Suwama (AJPW) vs. Kohei Sato (ZERO1) & Shingo Takagi (DG)
♦Winner: Sekimoto (20:42) with a Deadlift German Suplex Hold on Kohei.
~ All the wrestlers from today show came back into the ring for a closing photo shoot along with Kobashi. Kobashi thanked all the wrestlers for giving it their best and even the fans for coming out today.
~ During the backstage interview, Suwama hinted at wanting another match against Shingo in the future.
~ As he thanked the wrestlers he also stated that a “Fortune Dream 5” is already being planned for next year.
~ Suwama was announced to have suffered a 2, 3, and 4 metacarpal fracture in his right hand and could be out of action for at least 3 weeks. As for his produce show on 5/28, Evolution vs. Onita, he stated that he will have to wait and see how far along he is in regards to recovery, but it was mentioned that Suwama will try to compete as early as next week.
~ Sai, who suffered a major head wound, has been told to take rest for the rest of the month. Though the injury doesn’t appear to be as serious as it could have been.
~ The event cards have been updated to reflect upon their absence.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2017 Super Power Series ~ YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT BLUES vol.5 ~”, 5/20/2017 [Sat] 17:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
() BG x Okami BLUES ~ World Tag Championship Match: [73rd Champions] Zeus & Bodyguard vs. [Challengers] Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani (both BJW)
~ 4th title defense.
~ It was also announced that the Asia Tag belts will be in defense on June 20. As Atsushi Onita and Masanobu Fuchi will be defending against the former champion team of Atsushi Aoki and Hikaru Sato.
AJPW “2017 Dynamite Series”, 6/20/2017 [Tue] 18:30 @ Obihiro City Sogo Taiikukan in Hokkaido
(-) Asia Tag Championship Match: [100th Champions] Masanobu Fuchi & Atsushi Onita vs. [Challengers] Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato
~ 2nd title defense.
~ The full event card were updated for the upcoming “BEST OF THE SUPER Jr” tour. The league is set to begin on May 17 and will run throughout the rest of the month and end come to a close on June 3.
~ Following his appearance at the May 12th show, Kazunari Murakami raided the IGF museum. Murakami has come forward to challenge Suzukawa, who has claimed himself as the strongest in the promotion. Currently no match has been formally announced between the two, but it is surely in the works.
~ Matches were announced for the next show which will be on May 21 in Chiba.
Next Exciting Wrestling, 5/21/2017 [Sun] 15:00 @ TKP Garden City Chiba
() Katsumi Oribe vs. Mitsuyoshi Nakai
() Masakatsu Funaki & Keisuke Okuda vs. Alexander Otsuka & KENSO
() Shinichi Suzukawa vs. Super Tiger
~ Doutonbori : Kazuaki Mihara versus GAINA for the WDW belt and Cooger & Billyken versus TORU & Ra-pid was announced to be taking place on the July 16 show.
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Following the conclusion of the Champion Carnival, the event cards have been updated for the shows scheduled through the month of May.
All Japan’s Director Takao Omori started off the press conference to announce the full event cards for the upcoming tour as well the addition of the main event for the May 21 show at the Korakuen Hall. As it was announced that the Triple Crown belt will be in defense as Kento Miyahara takes on, the winner of the 2017 Champion Carnival, Shuji Ishikawa. The two have previously met in singles competiion back in September of 2015. In which Ishikawa emerged the victor in that years Oudou Tournament.
In addition to that show, Kengo Mashimo and KAI will indeed be teaming together, after KAI’s request to Mashimo, as the two will be taking on the current World Tag Champions Zeus and The Bodyguard in a non-title match. Which the World Tag Champions will be first defending the World Tag belts against the team of Jake Lee and Naoya Nomura on May 12 in Osaka.
Hikaru Sato managed to recapture the World Junior belt and will be putting it on the line against the mysterious Black Tiger VII for his first defense on May 21. Hikaru managed to bring the belt back home after the last 8 months of the belt being held by an outside talent. This brings up to Black Tiger VII who proclaimed that a major conspiracy exists with All Japan and even WRESTLE-1 and that the pro-wrestling world is in danger. That he aims to save the entirety of Japan and become a champion that will preserve what needs to be done. That he would even join All Japan in order to protect it if that is what he must do.
Then following the conclusion of the Carnival, both Jake Lee and Naoya Nomura emerged with victories over the World Tag Champions. As the two will be receiving a chance to challenge for the belts on May 12. Lee has already challenged for the belts in the past, but this will mark Nomura’s very first ever challenge for them. The two acknowledged that the “Buig Guns” are a formidable team when together, but they are part of “NEXTREAM” aim to that they can work together as well. The two are very confident going into the match and are eager to finally hold a strong position within All Japan.
Below is the announced event card for the 5/21 show, the rest can be seen through the link at the bottom…
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2017 Super Power Series”, 5/21/2017 [Sun] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Yohei Nakajima Koji Iwamoto & Yusuke Okada vs. Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Atsushi Maruyama
() Jumbo Tsuruta Memorial Match: Masanobu Fuchi & The Great Kabuki vs. Takao Omori & Masao Inoue
() Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. Kengo Mashimo & KAI
() Suwama, Joe Doering & Atsushi Aoki vs. Jake Lee, Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi
() GAORA TV Championship Match: [15th Champion] Jun Akiyama vs. [Challenger] Mitsuya Nagai
~ 1st title defense.
() World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [43rd Champion] Hikaru Sato vs. [Challenger] Black Tiger VII
~ 1st title defense.
() Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [55th Champion] Kento Miyahara vs. [Challenger] Shuji Ishikawa
~ 9th title defense.
~ Big Japan announced that the BJW Tag belts will be in defense on May 25 as Sekimoto and Okabayashi take on the team of Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue.
~ Then they announced that the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship will be returning and will be reborn under a new lineage. Six wrestlers will be competing in a round-robin league to determine the first ever champion. The first matches are set to take place on May 25 and will run all the way through to the final match will take place on July 17 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. Further details will be announced soon.
Upcoming events with matches at this time…
BJW “Edogawa Rising 2”, 5/13/2017 [Sat] 17:00 @ Tobu Friend Hall in Tokyo
(1) (to be announced)
(2) (to be announced)
(3) Abdullah Kobayashi & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Yuya Aoki
(4) Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Takumi Tsukamoto & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(5) Death Match: Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa vs. Masaya Takahashi & Takayuku Ueki
(6) Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
BJW, 5/15/2017 [Mon] 18:30 @ Act City Hamamatsu Exhibition Event Hall in Shizuoka
(-) Ultimo Dragon, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Kendo Kashino, Shu & Kei Brahman
(-) Yokohama Shopping Street 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [8th Champions] Abdullah Kobayashi, Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki vs. [Challengers] Hideki Suzuki, Yoshihisa Uto & Takuya Nomura
~ 5th title defense.
“Osaka Surprise 30”, 5/21/2017 [Sun] 17:00 @ Osaka City Asahi Kumin Center
BJW “Road to RYOGUKUTAN”, 5/25/2017 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) BJW Tag Championship Match: [43rd Champions] Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. [Challengers] Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue
~ 2nd title defense.
DDT NEWS
~ DDT announced the full event cards for the upcoming “Golden Week” shows from May 3, 4, and 6. Two of the main events will feature prelude tag matches between Takeshita and his next challenger for the KO-D belt in Yoshihiro Takayama on 5/28.
~ Then also added to the 5/28 show is the KO-D 6 Tag belts in defense. As Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO take on the team of Danshoku Dieno, Keisuke Ishii & Royce Isaacs.
DDT “Road to Ryogoku 2017 ~ Dramatic Dream Debasaki”, 5/3/2017 [Wed] 14:00 @ Nagoya City Kita Sports Center in Aichi
() Smile Squash vs DNA!: Soma Takao & Yasu Urano vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki
() Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie vs. Antonio Honda, Mike Bailey & Keisuke Ishii
() Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata vs. Danshoku Dieno & Royce Isaacs
() KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & (to be announced)
() Miso Katsu Special Single Match: HARASHIMA vs. MAO
() Nagoya Special Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita & Akito vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shigehiro Irie
DDT “Toyonaka Love Story 2017”, 5/4/2017 [Thu] 12:30 @ Toyonaka City Rose Cultural Hall in Osaka
() Sanshiro Takagi & Yuni vs. Makoto Oishi & MAO
() Masahiro Takanashi vs. Royce Isaacs vs. Kouki Iwasaki
() Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Antonio Honda & Mike Bailey
() HARAHIMA, Soma Takao & Yasu Urano vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata
() KUDO & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Toru Owashi & (to be announced)
() DDT Megaton Class Match: Shigehiro Irie vs. Mad Paulie
() Toyonaka Special Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita & Akito vs. Danshoku Dieno & Keisuke Ishii
DDT “Ibaraki de Ikappeyo Katsupue 2017”, 5/6/2017 [Sat] 13:00 @ Tsukuba Capio in Ibaraki
() Makoto Oishi & MAO vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki
() Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Tetsuya Endo vs. Mike Bailey vs. Soma Takao
() Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie vs. Antonio Honda & Shigehiro Irie
() Danshoku Dino vs. Shunma Katsumata
() Smile Squash vs. Shuten-Doji!: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano vs. KUDO & Masahiro Takanashi
() Tsukuba Special Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita & Akito vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Keisuke Ishii
DDT “Audience 2017”, 5/28/2017 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Super Sasadango Machine’s Return Match: Super Sasadango Machine & Sanshiro Takagi vs. Minoru Suzuki & Rocky Kawamura
(-) KO-D 6 Person Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO vs. [Challengers] Danshoku Dieno, Keisuke Ishii & Royce Isaacs
(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [61st Champion] Konosuke Takeshita vs. [Challenger] Yoshihiro Takayama
~ 3rd title defense.
~ FMW released the full cards for the next set of shows later this month.
Super Battle FMW “May Series ~ Onita Retirement Tour”, 5/16/2017 [Tue] 18:30 @ Asahikawa Taisei Shimin Center Gymnasium
() Ultra Seven & Pandita vs. Takumi Sakurai & HASEGAWA
() Tomoya & Naoshi Sano vs. Koji Yoshida & Gosaku Goshogawara
() FMW Joshi: Miss Mongul & Yuko Fujigasaki vs. Manami Katsu & Tamu Nakano
() Tomohiko Hashimoto, Hi69 & Keiichi Sato vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Fuji
() Onita Retirement tour ~ Electric Current Blast Bat 6 Man Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita, Hideki Hosaka & Ichiro Yaguchi vs. Chainsaw Tony, MUTEKI & Kendo Kashin
Super Battle FMW “May Series ~ Onita Retirement Tour”, 5/17/2017 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Naoshi Sano & Pandita vs. Takumi Sakurai & Wild Seven
() Koji Yoshida & Gosaku Goshogawara vs. HASEGAWA & Hi69
() FMW Joshi: Miss Mongul & Manami Katsu vs. Yuko Fujigasaki & Tamu Nakano
() Ichiro Yaguchi, Tomohiko Hashimoto & Keiichi Sato vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Kotaro suzuki & Tomoya
() Onita Retirement tour ~ Electric Current Blast Bat 6 Man Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita, Ricky Fuji & Hideki Hosaka vs. Chainsaw Tony, MUTEKI & Kendo Kashin
Super Battle FMW “May Series ~ Onita Retirement Tour”, 5/19/2017 [Fri] 18:30 @ Sasukino Mars Gym in Sapporo
() Wild Seven vs. Pandita
() Koji Yoshida vs. Naoshi Sano
() Takumi Sakurai, Tomoya & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. HASEGAWA, Hi69 & Gosaku Goshogawara
() FMW Joshi: Miss Mongul & Yuko Fujigasaki vs. Tamu Nakano & Manami Katsu
() Tomohiko Hashimoto & Keiichi Sato vs. Ricky Fuji & Kotaro Suzuki
() Onita Retirement tour ~ Electric Current Blast Bat 6 Man Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita, Hideki Hosaka & Ichiro Yaguchi vs. Chainsaw Tony, MUTEKI & Kendo Kashin
~ It was announced the other day that Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka will be defending the NWA Light Tag belts against their former fellow New Japan teammates in Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa on May 12.
ZERO1, 5/12/2017 [Fri] @ Nagoya City Tsuyuhashi Sports Center in Aichi
() Yoshikazu Yokoyama & Chris Orndorff vs. Mayo-gun #1 & Mayo-gun #2
() Takaya Shibayama vs. Hartley Jackson
() Sean Guinness & Ikuto Hidaka vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Takuya Sugawara
() Yasuku Obata vs. Daisuke Sekimoto
() NWA International Light Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs. [Challengers] Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
() Kohei Sato & Hideki Suzuki vs. Masato Tanaka & James Raideen
() Electric Current Blast Death Match: Atsushi Onita, Aja Kong & Shogun Okamoto vs. Bob Sapp, TARU & Jaguar Yokota
~ A-TEAM : A special 6 man tag match was announced for their show on May 21, as the veteran team of Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Atsushi Onita & Daisuke Ikeda take on Tomohiko Hashimoto, Nobutaka Moribe, and a currently announced teammate.
Pro-Wrestling A-TEAM, 5/21/2017 [Sun] 13:00 @ Nishiwa Distribution Warehouse Special Ring in Nara
(1) Takumi Sakurai vs. Naoshi Sano
(2) Takeshi Minamino & Tadanobu Fujisawa vs. Wild Bear & Wild Seven
(3) TORU vs. Toshiaki Terao
(4) Boxing Rules Match: Eiji Nakamura vs. Ryunosuke Morikawa
(5) Tequila Drunkers Match: HASEGAWA & Daisaku Shimoda vs. Naoki Tanizaki & Rion Mizuki
(6) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Atsushi Onita & Daisuke Ikeda vs. Tomohiko Hashimoto, Nobutaka Moribe & X
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~ The full event card was announced for the Osaka show on April 21. Then Masakatsu Funaki and MAZADA were announced to be involved on the April 22 Charity based show.
BJW “BJ-STYLE #13”, 4/21/2017 [Fri] 18:00 @ Osaka City Nishikumin Center
(1) Takumi Tsukamoto, Takoyakida & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Sakuda & Yuya Aoki
(2) Kankuro Hoshino & Tatsuhiko Yoshino vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
(3) Jaki Numazawa & Masashi Takeda vs. Yasu & Hide Kubota
(4) Fluorescent Light-tube Tag Match: Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito vs. Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
(5) Ryuichi Kawakami, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Ryota Hama, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga
(6) Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Takuya Nomura
(7) Special Tag Match: Yuji Okabayashi & Shingo Takagi (DG) vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
BJW “Kumamoto Earthquake Reconstruction Charity Show”, 4/22/2017 [Sat] 18:00 @ Hachiman no Go Taiikukan Sports Center in Oita
(-) Masakatsu Funaki & MAZADA vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue & Kazumi Kikuta
(-) Special 6 Tag Match: Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Ryota Hama, Shogun Okamoto & Toshiyuki Sakuda
() Dai Suzuki 7 Match Trial Series ~ 2nd Bout: Dai Suzuki vs. Minoru Tanaka
() Kotaro Suzuki & LEONA vs. Mizuki Watase & MAO
() Kazushi Sakuraba & Kendo Kashin vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Mike Bailey
() Kazusada Higuchi vs. Shunma Katsumata
FIGHTING GIG DNA EP.33 ~ Kill the King ~ , 5/10/2017 [Wed] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() MAIN GIG : Mike Bailey vs. (winner of Higuchi/Katsumata on 4/21)
Kenta Kobashi held a press conference to announce the full event card for the next Fortune Dream show coming up on June 14.
A big main event was announced as it will feature four top standouts from four separate promotions facing off. All Japan’s Suwama will be making his first appearance in FD as he will be teaming with BJW’s Daisuke Sekimoto to take on the team of ZERO1′s Kohei Sato and Dragon Gate’s Shingo Takagi. Kobashi stated that he expects each wrestler to have the utmost pride in themselves and their promotions and expects it to be shown throughout the course of the match.
Then Yoshihiro Takayama was announced to be teaming with another fellow big man in Shuji Ishikawa. As a 190cm+ giant man clash will be seen as they take on the foreigner team of All Japan’s Joe Doering and ZERO1′s James Raideen. Kobashi mentioned that there are not too many big man as this who still actively compete in Japan today, and he hopes this can fill that hole that he personally wants to see filled.
Then a special established and rookie match was announced as BJW’s Yuji Okabayashi was announced to team with NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya as they take on the team of NOAH’s Go Shiozaki and BJW’s Takuya Nomura. Kiyomiya was present for the press conference as he stated that he is honored to be able to compete in front of Kobashi and he will give it his all in the match.
Then to round out the rest of the card. As following the previous shows, a special joshi match will be featured as Meiko Satomura and Hiroyo Matsumoto are once more scheduled to compete, let alone against one another. Then the opening match will featured Kotaro Suzuki taking on the Kazuhiro Tamura in a special singles match.
The full card is as follows…
“Fortune Dream 4”, 6/14/2017 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Emerald Dream: Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP)
(2) Beautiful Dream: Meiko Satomura & Mika Shirahime vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Konami
(3) Crossing Dream: Yuji Okabayashi (BJW) & Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) vs. Go Shiozaki (NOAH) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
(4) Fortune Dream 4 special talk battle: Kenta Kobashi vs. (to be announced)
(5) Dangerous Dream: Yoshihiro Takayama & Shuji Ishikawa (both FREE) vs. Joe Doering (AJPW) & James Raideen (ZERO1)
(6) Fortune Dream: Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW) & Suwama (AJPW) vs. Kohei Sato (ZERO1) & Shingo Takagi (DG)
~ It was announced the the KFC Tag belts will be defended on the April 8 show and then full event card was announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on April 16.
FREEDOMS ~ Kaisei Shimizu Produce Show “BEST OF FREEDOMS ~ Damz is still funny!”, 4/8/2017 [Sat] 15:30 @ Yokohama Nigiwaiza in Kanagawa
() Dragon Libre 7 Match Trial Series ~ 5th Bout: Dragon Libre vs. Kengo Mashimo
() Chikara vs. Shuji Ishikawa
() Deathmatch Fighter vs Otera-san: Jun Kasai vs. Fuminori Abe
() Daisuke Masaoka vs. Yuya Susumu
() KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Takashi Sasaki & GENTARO
~ 1st title defense.
FREEDOMS “GW no Shuyaku wa Oreda! 2017”, 4/16/2017 [Sun] 18:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Karate Brahman #2 vs. TBD
() Chikara vs. Karate Brahman #3 w/ Karate Brahman
() Dragon Libre Trial Series ~ 7th Match: Mitsuo Momota & Dragon Libre vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
() Hardcore 6 Man Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Takashi Sasaki, Masashi Takeda & KAZMA SAKAMOTO
(-) GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai vs. Isami Kodaka & Yuya Susumu
(-) DeathMatch: Daisuke Masaoka & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Kenji Fukimoto & Jun Kasai
~ A special singles match was announced for the 15th anniversary show on April 23. As TAKA Michinoku will be taking on Kota Ibushi, who was previously announced to be involved in the show.
KAIENTAI DOJO 15th ANNIVERSARY SHOW ~ CLUB-K SUPER evolution 15″, 4/23/2017 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() ROAD TO 25th Anniversary TAKA Michinoku ~ 7th Match: TAKA Michinoku vs. Kota Ibushi
() K-DOJO 15th Anniversary Memorial 8 Person Tag Match: Isami Kodaka, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Ryuichi Sekine & Yu Yamagata vs. Kyu Mogami, GO Asakawa, Marines Mask & ERINA
() STRONGEST-K TAG Championship Match: [Champions] Tank Nagai & Yuki Sato vs. [Challengers] Taishi Takizawa & Kaji Tomato
() CHAMPION OF STRONGEST-K Championship Match: [Champion] Kengo Mashimo vs. [Challenger] Ayato Yoshida
~ The full event card was announced for the Korakuen Hall show on April 19. Among the main additions is Akebono, Masayuki Kono & Jun Kasai taking on Kotaro Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2017 CHERRY BLOSSOM, 4/19/2017 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Kohei Fujimura, Yuya Susumu (FREEDOMS) & Masayuki Mitomi (Ehime) vs. Sho Shindo, Jun Tonsho & Ganseki Tanaka
() Kaz Hayashi & Manabu Soya vs. Seigo Tachibana & Takanori Ito
() Akebono (Oudou), Masayuki Kono & Jun Kasai (FREEDOMS) vs. Kotaro Suzuki (FREE), NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
(-) Hana Kimura & Reika Saiki vs. Saori Aono & Natsumi Manki
(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [7th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Andy Wu
~ 1st title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [8th Champions] Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. [Challengers] Daiki Inaba & Yusuke Kodama
~ 1st title defense.
(-) W-1 Championship Match: [11th Champion] Shotaro Ashino vs. [Challenger] Shuji Kondo
~ 1st title defense.
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~ The full event card was announced for the Yokohama show on April 6.
BASARA, 4/6/2017 [Thu] 19:00 @ Yokohama Nigiwaiza in Kanagawa
() Gyakuten Pro-Wrestling Trial: Goma Ryu (Defense) vs. Konaka = Pale One (Prosecutor) vs. PSYCHO (Accused)
() Hardcore Match: Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Gunso (DOVE)
() IRON PRIEST vs Double ★ Trans Am : FUMA & Yusuke Kubo vs. Trans Am ★ Shinya (Shinya Ishida) & Trans Am ★ Abe (Fuminori Abe)
() Isami Kodaka vs. Best Stretchman V3
() Kibatai vs Hiroshi Deux Soleil: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Trans Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT
New Japan announced the full card for the upcoming LION’S GATE show that will be held on April 13 at the Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo.
The main event for the show will feature a teacher and student match-up as Yuji Nagata teaming with Tomoyuki Oka to take on Manabu Nakanishi and Katsuya Kitamura. Oka who shares parallels to Nagata and Kitamura who has been dubbed Nakanishi II will both be in their first career main event as they look to prove themselves with the New Japan hierarchy.
Then K-DOJO’s new generation ace and new top student of TAKA Michinoku’s in Ayato Yoshida will be teaming with his fellow teammate, though small but powerfulm Dinosaur Takuma to take on the veteran and champion team of Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima. Then a special challenge singles match was announced as FREEDOMS’ Toru Sugiura will make his first appearance ever in a New Japan ring to take on YOSHI-HASHI. Toru has been a hidden talents within the confines of the Tokyo independent scene, but now it is in his favor to show that to the mainstream.
Then two of the young talents from All Japan in Koji Iwamoto and Yuma Aoyagi will be taking on the veteran team of Jado and Gedo. Aoyagi has previously competed in New Japan back in the “SUPER J-CUP” though with a losing effort against Taichi in the first round. Iwamoto, much like Toru, was also a hidden gem within the indie scene as he has earned a position with All Japan just this year.
Then as for the New Japan talent themselves, Hirai Kawato will be receiving a special singles challenge against a former young lion in El Desperado. The two have been at odds in the recent tours, but Kawato has stood his ground as much as he is able. Even almost claiming several near-falls over the more experienced wrestler.
Then the opening match will feature New Japan’s latest young lion making his debut in Shota Umino. As his name sort of suggests, he is the son of New Japan’s head referee Red Shows Unno, but to save from any confusion he will be altering the pronunciation itself. Boasting a taller frame at 183cm, the future heavyweight hopeful will be taking on TAKA Michinoku in his first ever match.
Shota Umino 海野翔太
Born: April 17, 1997 from Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Height: 183cm Weight: 93kg
Began training in NJPW back in March of 2016. Son of referee Red Shoes Unno レッドシューズ海野.
Below is the announced event card…
LION’S GATE PROJECT 4, 4/13/2017 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(1) Shota Umino’s Debut Match: Shota Umino vs. TAKA Michinoku (K-DOJO)
(2) El Desperado vs. Hirai Kawato
(3) Jado & Gedo vs. Koji Iwamoto & Yuma Aoyagi (both AJPW)
(4) YOSHI-HASHI vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS)
(5) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Ayato Yoshida & Dinosaur Takuma (K-DOJO)
(6) Yuji Nagata & Tomoyuki Oka vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Katsuya Kitamura
It was announced that the GHC Junior Tag belts will be in defense on April 22, as Taiji Ishimori and Hi69 defend against the team of Hajime Ohara and Hitoshi Kumano.
The full early card was released for the April 22 show as well as the updated cards for the “Countdown to GTL” shows that will run from April 11 to April 16.
NOAH “Global Tag League 2017”, 4/22/2017 [Sat] @ Niigata City Gymnasium
() HAYATA vs. Tadasuke
() Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Rionne Fujiwara
() GHC Jr Tag Championship Match: [30th Champions] Taiji Ishimori & Hi69 vs. [Challengers] Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
~ 2nd title defense.
() GTL Match: Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Takuya Nomura
() GTL Match: Takashi Sugiura & Kenoh vs. Cody Hall & Randy Reign
() GTL Match: Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Robby E & Bram
() GTL Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Maybach Taniguchi
W-1, which operates under GEN Sports Entertainment, today announced the changing of the leadership personal.
As of April of 2017, Kaz Hayashi will be assuming the position of president in place of Keiji Mutoh. Mutoh himself will be moving up as the Chairman of the Board. Shuji Kondo, who is also the main booker for the promotion, will be moving up as the Vice President position. Then Sanshiro Takagi, who is the CEO of DDT and former CEO of W-1 as well, will be heading down to a strictly adviser position.
Mutoh stated that he has put all of his trust in Hayashi to do his very best with the promotion. Hayashi has competed all over the world and has done his very best in coaching all the talent involved with All Japan before 2012 and now since the first day of W-1. He has worked hard in every aspect to hold a deciding factor in the everyday dealings with the future of the promotion.
Hayashi stated that his first act is two focus on the big show at the “Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium” on September 2. He wants to put forth a big event with a true big match feel.
GEN Sports Entertainment New Personell
Representative and Chairman : Keiji Mutoh
Director and President : Kaz Hayashi
Executive Vice President : Shuji Kondo
Adviser : Sanshiro Takagi
~ It was announced that Masato Tanaka will be defending the World Heavyweight belt against James Raideen on April 26. This match will join the previously announced final match of the Tenkaichi Junior tournament.
~ In side news, Yusaku Obata will be taking some time off due to suffering a severe concussion.
ZERO1 “Tenkaichi Junior League 2017”, 4/26/2017 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Tenkaichi Final Match:
(-) ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship Match: [21st Champion] Masato Tanaka vs. [Challenger] James Raideen
~ 1st title defense.
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~ All Japan held a bigger show today at the Korakuen Hall.
~ The main event saw the Triple Crown belt in defense as Kento Miyahara defended the belt against Kengo Mashimo. After the match, Akiyama came forward to challenge the champion after the match. Miyahara accepted the challenge following his loss to Akiyama back during the Champion Carnival, 4/17.
~ “Strong BJ” became the new World Tag Champions after they bested the powerhouse team of Zeus & The Bodyguard. The two claimed their first belts in the promotion after winning the Asia Tag belts over 4 years ago.
~ Yohei Nakajima recaptured the GAORA TV belt, keeping the 1st defense curse alive, as he beat Kazuhiro Tamura after losing the belt last week. Freelance wrestler Takeshi Minamino came forward to challenge the champion after the match. Even with a swift kick between the legs as he then took the belt from the champion.
~ Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato challenged Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto for a chance at the Asia Tag belts, the champions accepted the offer.
~ Matches were released for a couple shows in July, 7/14, 7/16, and 7/30.
AJPW “Summer Action Series ~ Kumamoto Earthquake Charity Assistance Tour”, 7/14/2016 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Takao Omori & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Masashi Takeda [U-FILE] & Keisuke Ishii [DDT]
(-) Suwama’s Return Special 6 Man Tag Match: Suwama, Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Zeus, Shuji Ishikawa [FREE] & Super Tiger [RJPW]
“Onishi Kinzoku Ltd Presents Evolution 2 -Restart-“, 7/17/2016 [Sat] 17:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
() Masanobu Fuchi & Tatsuhiko Takaiwa [FREE] vs. Masao Inoue & Gabai Jichan [both FREE]
() SUSHI vs. Antonio Honda [FREE]
() Super Tiger vs. 5th generation Black Tiger
() Jun Akiyama & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara & Jake Lee
() Suwama, Atsushi Aoki, Naoya Nomura & Hikaru Sato vs. Takao Omori, Zeus, Yutaka Yoshie & Ryoji Sai
AJPW “Chiba EXTRA DREAM 11”, 7/30/2016 [Sat] 18:00 @ Blue Field in Chiba
() Tank Nagai & Yuki Sato vs. SUSHI & Kaji Tomato w/ Bambi
() Axe Bombers vs AJ Rangers: Takao Omori, Kazuhiro Tamura & Daichi Kazato vs. AJ Ranger “White” (Jun Akiyama), AJ Ranger “Red” (Yohei Nakajima) & AJ Ranger “Blue” (Yuma Aoyagi)
() Suwama vs. Naoya Nomura
() Kento Miyahara & Taishi Takizawa vs. Zeus & Kengo Mashimo
~ A few matches were announced for the super show between All Japan and LAND’S END that is to be held in August.
“LAND’S END x All Japan Pro-Wrestling All-Star☆ESTASI”, 8/21/2016 [Sun] 14:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium
() Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi [both BJW] vs. Jo Kyungho [Korea/FREE] & Yohei Nakajima [AJPW]
() SUSHI [AJPW] & Masakado [ZERO1] vs. Yusaku Obata [ZERO1] & Jake Lee [AJPW]
() Zeus [AJPW] & The Bodyguard [FREE] vs. Masato Tanaka [ZERO1] & Naoya Nomura [both AJPW]
() Takao Omori [AJPW] & Yoshihiro Takayama [FREE] vs. Suwama [AJPW] & Rikiya Fudo [LAND’S END]
() Ryoji Sai [LAND’S END] & Jun Akiyama [AJPW] vs. Kento Miyahara [AJPW] & Shuji Ishikawa [FREE]
Ryuichi Kawakami announced that he will be making his return to the ring at the big Ryogoku show on July 24. Let alone with a single match against Daisuke Sekimoto.
Kawakami has been battling a severe ACL injury to his left knee, even though he last competing at Genichiro Tenryu’s retirement show on 11/15. Kawakami stated that he is still not 100% following the surgery but the anxiety is getting to him to make a return to the ring. Noting that he is fully aware of Hideyoshi Kamitani and Daichi Hashimoto are looking to overtake him in breaking through the Strong BJ division first. This has built up his impatience as he was working hard before the injury to become a new leader of the division.
With his return, he also stated that he has lost weight as he has focused on muscle mass and shedding body fat. This has put him at 98kg at this time, apposed to the 105kg he used to weigh before. He is fully aware of what he will face by taking on Sekimoto first thing, but that he has put in a lot of work to further improve his skills and even has alluded to a new move that is in the works. His only goal is to once more continue to climb to the apex of Strong BJ.
Below is the announced event card for the Ryogoku show at this time…
BJW “両極譚 ~ RYOGOKUTAN”, 7/24/2016 [Sun] @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo
~ The main event saw a powerful mix of Go Shiozaki teaming with Yuji Okabayashi as they took on Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Hino. The match went 30+ minutes as the World Strong Champion Okabayashi claimed the pin-fall win following a knockout blow on Sekimoto.
~ Kobashi thanked everyone for competing today especially those in the main event. All the wrestlers came out to the ring after the match for a closing photo session.
~ Kobashi ended the show with an honoring to Mitsuharu Misawa as “Spartan X” began to play throughout the hall.
~ No date was announced for a next potential show, but this one did receive a strong reaction from those in attendance.
~ The full event card was released for the upcoming SUPER J-CUP Qualifying tournament on June 19.
K-DOJO “KAIENTAI DOJO SUPER J-CUP 2016 Qualifier 1DAY Tournament”, 6/19/2016 [Sun] 17:00 @ Blue Field in Chiba
() SUPER J-CUP 2016 KAIENTAI DOJO Qualifying Tournament 1st Round: Ayumu Honda vs. Ayato Yoshida
() SUPER J-CUP 2016 KAIENTAI DOJO Qualifying Tournament 1st Round: Ricky Fuji vs. Daigoro Kashiwa
() SUPER J-CUP 2016 KAIENTAI DOJO Qualifying Tournament 1st Round: Kaji Tomato vs. Kunio Toshima
() SUPER J-CUP 2016 KAIENTAI DOJO Qualifying Tournament 1st Round: Shiori Asahi vs. Kyu Mogami
() SUPER J-CUP 2016 KAIENTAI DOJO Qualifying Tournament Semi-final:
() SUPER J-CUP 2016 KAIENTAI DOJO Qualifying Tournament Semi-final:
() SUPER J-CUP 2016 KAIENTAI DOJO Qualifying Tournament Final:
() TAKA Michinoku & GO Asakawa vs. Saburo Inematsu & Dinosaur Takuma
() Taishi Takizawa, Kotaro Yoshino & Yoshihiro Horaguchi vs. Tank Nagai, Kengo Mashimo & Yuma
~ The event card was also released for the show on June 25 in Nagoya.
KAIENTAI DOJO “CLUB-K in NAGOYA”, 6/25/2016 [Sat] 18:30 @ Nagoya Sportiva Arena in Aichi
() Kotaro Yoshino vs. Bambi vs. Yuma
() Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami vs. Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota
() Saburo Inematsu & Dinosaur Takuma vs. Taishi Takizawa & Yoshihiro Horaguchi
() Kaji Tomato & Shiori Asahi vs. Tank Nagai & Kengo Mashimo
() TAKA Michinoku vs. GO Asawakawa
~ The first round of the W-1 GRAND PRIX was held today at the Shinjuku FACE.
~ Following the matches the second round is now set to take place on the 18th and 26.
“WRESTLE-1 GRAND PRIX 2016”, 6/18/2016 [Sat] 17:30 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
() Grand Prix 2nd Round Match: Manabu Soya vs. Daiki Inaba
() Grand Prix 2nd Round Match: Shotaro Ashino vs. AKIRA
“WRESTLE-1 GRAND PRIX 2016”, 6/26/2016 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ichihara City Rinki Taiikukan in Chiba
() Grand Prix 2nd Round Match: Yuji Hino vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue
() Grand Prix 2nd Round Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Masayuki Kono
~ Kondo’s return is set for the July 1 show as he will be teaming with “brother” YASSHI on the show. The match has not been released yet, but W-1 is now hyping the return of both Kondo as well as a popular team of the past.
“WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2016 SYMBOL”, 7/1/2016 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Shuji Kondo & “brother” YASSHI vs. (tba)
() WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [Champion] Kotaro Suzuki vs. [Challenger] Andy Wu
() Grand PrixSemi-final Match:
() Grand Prix Semi-final Match:
() Grand Prix Final Match:
Fortune Dream 3, 6/14/2016 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) ~Feel the Burning Dream~: Jun Akiyama [AJPW] vs. LEONA [DRADITION]
◆Winner: Akiyama (10:25) following an Exploder.
(2) Shining Dream: Hiroyo Matsumoto [Stardom] vs. Kairi Hojo [S-Ovation]
◆Winner: DRAW (15:00) Time Expired.
(3) ~Dramatic Dream~: Ultimo Dragon [Toryumon MEXICO], Minoru Tanaka [W-1] & Shinjiro Otani [ZERO1] vs. Isami Kodaka [BASARA], Shiori Asahi [K-DOJO] & Fujita “Jr” Hayato [MichiPro]
◆Winner: Otani (17:14) with a Spiral Bomb on Asahi.
(4) Fortune Dream 3 Special Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi “vs” Kensuke Sasaki
◆Winner: – (30:00)
~ Both discussed their legendary chop match that took place eleven years ago and even their nickname for each other, “Ken-chan”.
~ Kensuke also addressed his wife’s, Akira Hokuto, on-going recovery from breast cancer. That they are struggling financially, but hope to get through it.
(5) Destruction of Dream: Shuji Ishikawa [FREE] & Katsuhiko Nakajima [NOAH] vs. Kohei Sato [ZERO1] & Maybach Taniguchi [NOAH]
◆Winner: Nakajima (13:51) with a counter pin-fall on Taniguchi from a Powerbomb attempt.
(6) Fortune Dream: Go Shiozaki [NOAH] & Yuji Okabayashi [BJW] vs Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] & Yuji Hino [FREE]
◆Winner: DRAW (30:00) Time Expired.
~ Hino called out for the match to continue, Kobashi agreed as he gave the match 5 more minutes.
◆Winner: Okabayashi (2:19) following a Lariat on Sekimoto. ~ Kobashi thanked everyone for competing today especially those in the main event. All the wrestlers came out to the ring after the match for a closing photo session.
~ Kobashi ended the show with an honoring to Mitsuharu Misawa as “Spartan X” began to play throughout the hall.
(-) King of Dark Championship Match: [Champion] Gota Ihashi vs. [Challenger] (to be announced)
(-) Tetsuya Endo & Heddi French vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shunma Katsumata
(-) KING OF DDT 2016 Contestant Finals: Kota Umeda vs. Kouki Iwasaki
(-) Team Drift Sayonara Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao vs. Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Yukihiro Abe
(-) HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Hoshitango
(-) Danshoku Dino, Joey Ryan & Makoto Oishi vs. Toru Owashi, Saki Akai & Guanchulo
(-) Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie vs. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
~ Then it was formally announced that Team Drift will be putting the KO-D 6 Tag belts on the line against HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito. The added rule being that if Drift loses the match they will indeed by splitting as a team, though if they win they will remain as an active group in the promotion.
DDT “Audience 2016”, 5/29/2016 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) KENSO KING OF DDT 2016 Re-Assessment Match: KENSO w/ Cherry vs. Sanshiro Takagi
(-) Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki vs. Heddi French & Rekka
(-) 4WAY 6 Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Guanchulo vs. Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Mao Inoue vs. Danshoku Dino, Joey Ryan & Antonio Honda vs. Masa Takanashi, Kota Umeda & Saki Akai
(-) Road to KING OF DDT 2016: Tetsuya Endo & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Paulie
(-) KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [25th Champions] Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao vs. [Challengers] HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano
~ 1st title defense.
(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [35th Champion] Super Sasadango Machine vs. [Challenger] LiLiCo
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [57th Champion] Daisuke Sasaki vs. [Challenger] Konosuke Takeshita
~ 2nd title defense.
Two more matches have been announced for the upcoming show in June.
First up, Kobashi announced that LEONA will be taking on Jun Akiyama in a singles match. The two first met on 5/15 in a 6 man tag match that left LEONA calling out to Akiyama to be involved in his match on the show. Akiyama stated that he would accept to be his opponent during the backstage interview as Kobashi agreed for it to be official.
Then a 6 man tag match was also announced as Ultimo Dragon will be teaming with Minoru Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani to take on the team of Isami Kodaka, Shiori Asahi and Fujita “Jr” Hayato.
No other wrestlers have been announced at this time as below currently looks like the full event card at this time…
Fortune Dream 3, 6/14/2016 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
Newly announced…
(-) ~Dramatic Dream~: Ultimo Dragon, Minoru Tanaka & Shinjiro Otani vs. Isami Kodaka, Shiori Asahi & Fujita “Jr” Hayato
(-) ~Feel the Burning Dream~: Jun Akiyama vs. LEONA
Previously announced…
(-) Shining Dream: Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Kairi Hojo
(-) Fortune Dream 3 Special Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi “vs” Kensuke Sasaki
(-) Destruction of Dream: Shuji Ishikawa & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kohei Sato & Maybach Taniguchi
(-) Fortune Dream: Go Shiozaki & Yuji Okabayashi vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Hino
New Japan formally announced that both Matt and Nick Jackson, Young Bucks, have suffered injuries while competing this last weekend in ROH. Matt with an injured right arm and Nick with injured ribs.
Thus they have both been pulled both from competing in the upcoming “BEST OF THE SUPER Jr XXIII” which is set to begin this Saturday, May 21. New Japan is currently in the process of seeking out replacements for the league and will make an announcement soon.
Minoru Suzuki held a press event to announce the full card for the Suzuki-gun show on June 18 at Korakuen.
Joining the previously announced main event will be Archer and Smith competing in a Survival, only one team can win, 3WAY Tag match as they take on Shiozaki and Taniguchi as well as Nakajima and Kitamiya. Then Benjamin, Taichi and TAKA will be taking on the New Japan team of Makabe, Honma, and Taguchi. Then a junior match will be featured as Kanemaru and Desperado will be competing in a 4WAY match against the NOAH teams of Harada and Kotoge, Kenoh and Ohara, and then Genba and Captain NOAH.
Among the announcements is this show will follow Suzuki’s 48th birthday, on June 17, and a special battle royal will be held on the show. The match will primarily feature NOAH talent, but Ryo Kawamura and female wrestler Hiroyo Matsumoto who work for Suzuki at his Piledriver store in Harajuku. Let alone Suzuki was laughing at the possibility of Hiroyo beating the men in the match.
Below is the announced card at this time…
“We are SUZUKIGUN 3”, 6/18/2016 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Minoru Suzuki 48th Birthday Commemoration Royal Rumble: Muhammad Yone, Quiet Storm, Akitoshi Saito, Taiji Ishimori, Yoshinari Ogawa, Hitoshi Kumano, Shiro Tomoyose, Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryo Kawamura, and Hiroyo Matsumoto
(-) 4WAY Tag Match: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado vs. Daisuke Harada & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Kenoh & Hajime Ohara vs. Genba Hirayanagi & Captain NOAH
(-) 6 Man Tag Match: Shelton “X” Benjamin, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi
(-) Survival 3WAY Tag Match: Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya
(-) Main Event 6 Man Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Sugiura & Takashi Iizuka vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba
It was announced that Keiji Mutoh will be taking on Jun Akiyama in a 6 man tag match on August 11 in Yokohama. Following Akiyama coming forward earlier this month to challenge Mutoh to a match on the show.
It appears the match will be contested with the two veterans and then their choice of two up-and-comers for their team. With Mutoh stating that he will be holding off on his choices until after the upcoming W-1 GP and the scheduled show at Korakuen on July 1.
WRESTLE-1 presents “Pro-Wrestling LOVE in YOKOHAMA”, 8/11/2016 [Thu] 15:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa
(-) WRESTLE-1 vs All Japan Pro-Wrestling Special 6 Man Tag Match: Keiji Mutoh, X & XX vs. Jun Akiyama, X & XX
A match that is 3 years in the making after the division that occurred in All Japan. As well as a chance for the next generation that is aspiring for a chance like this.
Mutoh announced that the WRESTLE-1 GRAND PRIX 2016 will be held this year, an update on AKIRA competing for the Cruiser belt, and Andy Wu stated that he aims to recapture the cruiser belt.
16 wrestlers will be featured as they are vying for right to challenge at the W-1 Championship at the 8/11 show in Yokohama. The tournament is set to begin with the first round matches will take place on June 15 at the Shinjuku FACE, the second round matches will be split among the shows on 6/18 in Yokohama and 6/26 in Ichihara. Then the semi-finals and final match will take place on 7/1 in Korakuen. Neither the W-1 Champion nor the Cruiser champion will be involved in the tournament.
The first round matches will be as follows…
“WRESTLE-1 GRAND PRIX 2016”, 6/15/2016 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() Grand Prix 1st Round Match: Manabu Soya vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO
() Grand Prix 1st Round Match: Hiroki Murase vs. Daiki Inaba
() Grand Prix 1st Round Match: (Loser of KAI vs Ashino on 6/8) vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
() Grand Prix 1st Round Match: Koji Doi vs. (Loser of Kotaro vs AKIRA on 6/8)
() Grand Prix 1st Round Match: Yuji Hino vs. Ryota Hama
() Grand Prix 1st Round Match: Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Kumagoro
() Grand Prix 1st Round Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Minoru Tanaka
() Grand Prix 1st Round Match: Masayuki Kono vs. Seiki Yoshioka
“WRESTLE-1 GRAND PRIX 2016”, 6/18/2016 [Sat] 17:30 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() Grand Prix 2nd Round Match: (Soya/KAZMA) vs. (Murase/Inaba)
() Grand Prix 2nd Round Match: (???/Kuroshio) vs. (Doi/???)
“WRESTLE-1 GRAND PRIX 2016”, 6/26/2016 [Sun] 16:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() Grand Prix 2nd Round Match: (Hino/Hama) vs. (Nakanoue/Kumagoro)
() Grand Prix 2nd Round Match: (Kaz/Minoru) vs. (Kono/Seiki)
“WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2016 SYMBOL”, 7/1/2016 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() Grand PrixSemi-final Match:
() Grand Prix Semi-final Match:
() Grand Prix Final Match:
In regards to the previously announced Cruiserweight Championship match that is to be held on 6/8. AKIRA is currently over the weight class of 90kg to compete for the belt. AKIRA has stated that he is currently sitting at 93kg and will be fasting to drop the remaining weight to make the match official. AKIRA will have until the day before to make the weight limit in which then the title match will be made official.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2016 OUTBREAK, 6/8/2016 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Ikemen Single Match Trial Series: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Great Muta
(-) UWA World 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [50th Champions] Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & TAJIRI vs. [Challengers] Masayuki Kono, “brother” YASSHI & Hiroki Murase
(-) “Potential” WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: Kotaro Suzuki vs. AKIRA
(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [4th Champions] Yuji Hino & KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. [Challengers] Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yuji Okabayashi
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [8th Champion] KAI vs. [Challenger] Shotaro Ashino
~ 1st title defense.
Andy Wu then addressed his absence for the “W-1 GRAND PRIX” as he stated his intentions are solely to reclaim the Cruiser belt which is currently held by Kotaro Suzuki. He made it known that he will be challenging the winner of Kotaro vs. AKIRA on 6/8.
~ GUTS World : Mr. Gannosuke vs. GENTARO for the GWC Singles belt was announced for the Shinkiba show on 6/17.
~ SECRET BASE : (5/15) Bear Fukuda and Masato Inaba defeated Go and Amigo Suzuki to become the first ever SECRET BASE Ta Champions. Bear (15:39) following a Death Valley Bomb on Amigo.
~ I am currently looking for someone to cover DRAGON GATE and any joshi-related promotions respectively. If you believe this something that you could handle on a daily or even a weekly basis, feel free to send me a message.
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~ All Japan formally announced that Atsushi Aoki will be defending the World Junior Heavyweight belt against Masashi Takeda on 5/22 at Korakuen and Yohei Nakajima will be defending the GAORA TV belt against Kazuhiro Tamura on 6/9 in Isesaki.
Takeda has been spot competing in All Japan for the last couple months and immediately made it known that seeks a match against Aoki in the future. The two have met in tag matches, but a one-on-one challenge has alluded him. This will mark the first time that the two will meet in a singles match. Aoki just defended the World Jr. belt against Kaji Tomato on 5/7 in Chiba and no challenger was determined following. Takeda took this opportunity to then make the open challenge to the All Japan office. Takeda is a proven MMA grappler and fighter outside of his current dedication to the deathmatch style of pro-wrestling.
Kazuhiro Tamura will be getting a shot at the GOARA TV belt on 6/9. He originally called out for a shot on the 4/18 show as Yohei accepted the challenge. Tamura has been competing along with Takao Omori in the revived “Axe Bombers” group along with the Asia Tag Champions, Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka. Also announced for the 6/9 show is Kento Miyahara teaming with Jake Lee to take on K-DOJO’s Kengo Mashimo and Tank Nagai. Mashimo has been vying for a shot at the Triple Crown belt, which is held by Miyahara, and this looks to be very well be leading to that.
Below are the updated event cards that were released today…
AJPW “2016 Super Power Series ~ SKIP BEAT Kawaguchi ~”, 5/22/2016 [Sun] 13:30 @ SKIP City in Saitama
Newly announced…
() Ice Ribbon Offer Match: Risa Sera & Maya Yukihi vs. Tsukushi & Yuka
Previously announced…
() Naoya Nomura vs. Yuma Aoyagi
() Yohei Nakajima vs. Zeus
() SUSHI vs. Koji Iwamoto [Sportiva]
() Takao Omori vs. Yutaka Yoshie [FREE]
() Kento Miyahara & Jake Lee vs. Ryoji Sai [FREE] & Super Tiger [RJPW]
() Jun Akiyama & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION]
AJPW “2016 Super Power Series”, 5/25/2016 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
Newly announced…
() Masanobu Fuchi, Atsushi Maruyama [FREE] & Koji Iwamoto [Sportiva] vs. SUSHI, Osamu Nishimura [FREE] & Ryuji Hijikata [FREE]
() World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [39th Champion] Atsushi Aoki vs. [Challenger] Masashi Takeda
~ 3rd title defense.
Previously announced…
() Naoya Nomura & Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] vs. Shuji Ishikawa [FREE] & Ryoji Sai [FREE]
() Jake Lee vs. Kengo Mashimo [K-DOJO]
() Axe Bomber vs AJ Rangers: Takao Omori, Isami Kodaka, Yuko Miyamoto & Kazuhiro Tamura vs. AJ Ranger “White”, AJ Ranger “Red”, AJ Ranger “Blue” & AJ Ranger “Green”
() Special Single Match: Zeus vs. Yuji Okabayashi
() Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [55th Champion] Kento Miyahara vs. [Challenger] Daisuke Sekimoto
~ 2nd title defense.
All Japan Pro Wrestling “Charity Pro-Wrestling Isesaki 69 (Lock)”, 6/9/2016 [Thu] 18:30 @ Isesaki City Second Citizen Gymnasium in Gunma
() Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO]
() Zeus vs. SUSHI
() Jun Akiyama & Shigehiro Irie [DDT] vs. Takao Omori & Koji Iwamoto [Sportiva]
() Atsushi Aoki, Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] & Naoya Nomura vs. Yutaka Yoshie [FREE], Ryoji Sai [FREE] & Soma Takao [DDT]
() GAORA TV Championship Match: [7th Champion] Yohei Nakajima vs. [Challenger] Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP)
~ 4th title defense.
() Kento Miyahara & Jake Lee vs. Kengo Mashimo & Tank Nagai [both K-DOJO]
~ It was formally announced that Daisuke Sasaki will be defending the KO-D Openweight belt against Konosuke Takeshita on the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on 5/29.
~ A prelude match was announced for the 5/21 show as well…
DDT “Saitama Slam vol. 11”, 5/21/2016 [Sat] 17:00 @ Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama
(-) Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Antonio Honda
DDT “Audience 2016”, 5/29/2016 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) KENSO KING OF DDT 2016 Assessment Match: KENSO vs. (tba)
(-) KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [24th Champions] Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki vs. [Challengers] Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [Champion] Super Sasadango Machine vs. [Challenger] LiLiCo
(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [Champion] Daisuke Sasaki vs. [Challenger] Konosuke Takeshita
~ It was announced that Minoru Tanaka and Fujita “Jr” Hayato will be competing on the upcoming Fortune Dream show on 6/14. Kobashi stated that he expects a strong showing of submissions and strikes from both competitors.
Fortune Dream 3, 6/14/2016 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Single Match: X vs. LEONA
(-) Shining Dream: Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Kairi Hojo
(-) Fortune Dream 3 Special Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi “vs” Kensuke Sasaki
(-) Destruction of Dream: Shuji Ishikawa & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kohei Sato & Maybach Taniguchi
(-) Fortune Dream: Go Shiozaki & Yuji Okabayashi vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Hino
~ Announced to be competing: Ultimo Dragon, Shinjiro Otani, Minoru Tanaka, Isami Kodaka, Shiori Asahi, and Fujita “Jr” Hayato.
~ The main event for the “We are SUZUKI GUN 3” on June 18 was announced. As Minoru Suzuki will be teaming with Takashi Sugiura and Takashi Iizuka to take on the team of Noamichi Marufuji, Toru Yano, and Kazushi Sakuraba.
“We are Suzuki-gun 3”, 6/18/2016 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
Two more title matches have been formally announced for the upcoming show at Korakuen on June 8.
First up KAI will be making his first defense of the W-1 Championship against the now “super rookie” in Shotaro Ashino. Ashino claimed a direct win over a former champion in Manabu Soya on the 5/8 show in a 3WAY match to earn his first ever singles title opportunity. Ashino, who only made his debut a year and four months ago, has quickly made himself a standout with his serious nature and presence in the ring.
Ashino did not hesitate to say that he is completely against this “free” attitude that KAI has turned to in recent. He stated that the belt is far too important for it to be on someone with a questionable attitude. As he see’s KAI as nothing more than a stupid joke at this point. Ashino’s self-confidence is at an all-time high as he heads into the title match, but in the past her is currently 2-0 against KAI in singles matches. Though he wants to make it clear that he is getting stronger every single match and his evolution as a pro-wrestler is imminent.
Then it was announced that Yuji Hino and KAZMA SAKAMOTO would be defending the W-1 Tag belts against the team of Yasufumi Nakanoue and BJW’s Yuji Okabayashi. Nakanoue claimed a win over REAL DESPERADO on 5/8 and made an appeal for a shot at the tag belts along with Okabayashi. Nakanoue has been spot competing in BJW when not on tour in W-1 along with Okabayashi.
The champions took part in a press conference to acknowledge their acceptance of the match as they have said that this will be Nakanoue’s last chance for the belts, as long as they remain champions. As he has already fallen to the champion team in the past, namely last month on 4/28 when he teamed with Seiki Yoshioka. Yuji Hino and Yuji Okabayashi have quite the history though as in 2014 they formed the team “Double Yuji” during the big “New Year’s Even Pro-Wrestling” show that received a strong reception from those in attendance. Hino appears to have respect for Okabayashi, but not really any for Nakanoue as he stated that he and KAZMA shall prevail in the end.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2016 OUTBREAK, 6/8/2016 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
Newly announced…
(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [4th Champions] Yuji Hino & KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. [Challengers] Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yuji Okabayashi
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [8th Champion] KAI vs. [Challenger] Shotaro Ashino
~ 1st title defense.
Previously announced…
(-) Ikemen Single Match Trial Series: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Great Muta
(-) UWA World 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [50th Champions] Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & TAJIRI vs. [Challengers] Masayuki Kono, “brother” YASSHI & Hiroki Murase
~ Kasu Yaro Pro-Wrestling : Two shows were announced to be held on 7/16 in Kyoto and 7/17 in Kobe. “brother” YASSHI, Kengo, Koji Fujinaga, and Koji Kanemoto were announced to be on both shows. Wrestlers from DOVE Pro and WAVE will also be competing.
~ I am currently looking for someone to cover DRAGON GATE and any joshi-related promotions respectively. If you believe this something that you could handle on a daily or even a weekly basis, feel free to send me a message.
If you enjoy these posts feel free to check out the Patreon to help support the further growth of the website. At least $1 a month will help cover the server costs and future plans to build a better site. This in term is aimed to help you all in return to keep up with numerous promotions throughout Japan. Thank you for helping keep the spirit alive.
~ SECRET BASE : (5/15) Bear Fukuda and Masato Inaba defeated Go and Amigo Suzuki to become the first ever SECRET BASE Ta Champions. Bear (15:39) following a Death Valley Bomb on Amigo.
