Hard Hit “fight 4 da future”, 7/7/2018 [Sat] 12:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
(0) Dark Match: Masao Ando (FREE) vs. Tetsuya Izuchi (HEAT-UP)
◆Winner: Ando (2:31) with a German Suplex.
(0) Dark Match: SUSHI (FREE) vs. Raito Shimizu (Mumeijyuku Pro)
◆Winner: SUSHI (2:57) with a Sleeper Hold.
(1) Sen “Silencer” Nakadai (FREE) vs. Poai Suganuma (BJ Penn MMA)
◆Winner: Poai (2:41) via referee stop, with a Triangle Lock.
(2) Atsushi Aoki (AJPW) vs. Hidenobu Koike (GRABAKA)
◆Winner: Aoki (3:46) with a Choke Sleeper.
(3) Daisuke Nakamura (U-FILE Camp) & Kenta Hattori (Kachofugets) vs. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki (FREE) & Chris MAN Taro (Chris Office)
◆Winner: Chris MAN Taro (5:38) with a Front Choke on Hattori.
(4) WINDY Tomomi (Pancrase ISM) & Yukiko Seki (Kachofugetsu) vs. Hanako Nakamori (PURE-J) & Saki (Actress girl’Z)
◆Winner: Nakamori (9:14) via referee stop over Seki.
(5) Yoshio “Hitokui” Takahashi (D-ONE Gym/Fujiwara-gumi) vs. Takuya Wada (FREE)
◆Winner: Wada (7:53) with an Arm Lock.
(6) Shootboxing SB Expert Rules (3 min 3R): Sho Karasawa (Kachofugetsu/M16 Muay Thai Style) vs. Genki (SB Japan Featherweight)
◆Winner: Karasawa (3 Rounds 3 Mins.) via judgement 3-0.
(7) Rocky Kawamura (PancraseISM) vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto (Reversal Gym ALPHA)
◆Winner: Matsumoto (:23) with a Cross Armbar.
(8) Hikaru Sato vs. Yuu Iizuka (HEAT-UP)
◆Winner: Hikaru (5:37) with a Single Leg Crab.
(9) Hideki “Shrek” Sekine (Risshi-Kaikan) vs. Fuminori “Taido” Abe (BASARA)
◆Winner: Shrek (3:04) via referee stop, KO, following a Belly to Back Suplex.
All Japan announced the updated event cards for the July tour of shows.
Among the additions is Atsushi Aoki defending the World Junior belt against Koji Iwamoto on July 15th at the Korakuen Hall. Then Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa will defend the World Tag belts against the team of TAJIRI & Gianni Valletta on July 22nd in Hakata.
Then Ishikiri will miss the July 5th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING after suffering from an abdominal muscle fissure. His fellow LAND’S END teammate in Revlon will compete in his absence.
Gianni Valletta (Pro-Wrestling Malta)
Height : 192cm – Weight : 110kg
Born : August 8, 1989 – Debut : October 22, 2011
Title History : PWM Heavyweight Champion & BEW Heavyweight Champion
Signature Moves : TKO & Sleeper Hold
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “SUMMER ACTION SERIES”, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [47th Champion] Atsushi Aoki vs. [Challenger] Koji Iwamoto
~ 4th title defense.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “SUMMER ACTION SERIES”, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Hakata StarLanes in Fukuoka
(-) World Tag Championship Match: [83rd Champions] Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa vs. [Challengers] TAJIRI & Gianni Valletta
~ 1st title defense.
Masakatsu Funaki announced several matches for his upcoming 33rd anniversary show which he will be holding on September 30th at the EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium. Among the announcements is that Funaki will be dawning the Shinsetsu Tiger Mask which he wore in a 2004 movie, very rough documentary, about The First Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama.
(-) Sane Kikuta vs. Alexander Otsuka
(-) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Shinsetsu Tiger Mask, Super Tiger & “3rd Tiger Mask” Koji Kanemoto vs. Super Black Tigers
~ Also announced to be appear : Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Genichiro Tenryu, The Great Kabuki & Yuki Kondo
MASTERS NEWS
Keiji Mutoh announced that the next MASTERS show will be held on August 21st at the Korakuen Hall and that the main event will see a BATT (Bad Ass Translate Trading) revival.
The group was originally formed in early 2001 (NJPW), consisting of Hiroshi Hase, Shinjiro Otani, Taiyo Kea, and Done Frye, and ran for the next year until Mutoh left All Japan in 2002. The original ideals of the team was a group without boarders as Mutoh brought together Kea from All Japan, which they competed in both promotions together, and even Shinzaki from Michinoku Pro.
This will be the first MASTERS show that Mutoh himself cannot compete as he is still recouping after double knee replacement surgery earlier in the year. Though he announced that he plans to be in the corner of Shinjiro Otani, Jinsei Shinzaki, Taiyo Kea and Hiroshi Hase as they will be taking on a currently unannounced team. Mutoh seeks for the spirit of “pro wrestling love” to be flowing once more. Which Mutoh feels all four of these men are capable of bringing forth in his own absence from in the ring.
As for Mutoh himself, he added that his plan is still to return in the Spring of 2019, but at this time his training is still at a slow process. That he already suffered a previously mentioned set-back and he cannot afford anymore at this time.
PRO-WRESTLING MASTERS, 8/21/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Special 8 Man Tag Match: Shinjiro Otani, Jinsei Shinzaki, Taiyo Kea & Hiroshi Hase w/ Keiji Mutoh vs. (to be announced)
More matches were announced for the Korakuen Hall show on July 18th, GRAND PRIX semi-finals, Cruiser defense, and Hayashi announced the team to challenge STRONG HEARTS.
With the semi-finals for the GRAND PRIX now set, following the 1st round matches on 7/1, the four finalists came out to build the prelude for the show. The former teammates in Koji Doi and Kumaarashi will face off and, in a rematch from a W-1 title match in September of 2017, the W-1 Result and Tag Champion Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio faces Shotaro Ashino.
The W-1 Cruiser Champion Yusuke Kodama and the challenger El Hijo del Pantera met with the press to further build towards the upcoming title defense. Kodama stated that he acknowledges the direct loss that he suffered to the challenger, but that will not be the same result when the title is on the line. Pantera stated that he has known Kodama for 6 years now, stemming from their time together in WNC, and he is grateful to all that he has learned from his former ally. Though he is eager to become a champion himself in Japan and show himself as a top cruiser in W-1.
Then Kaz Hayashi announced that he will be teaming with Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kono and Jun Tonsho to take on the invding STRONG HEARTS group. He also announced the match will be under elimination rules with the addition of over the top rope to be in effect as well.
Below is the announced event card at this time…
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Shotaro Ashino
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Kumaarashi vs. Koji Doi
(-) Seiki Yoshioka, Ganseki Tanaka & Kotaro Suzuki vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA
(-) Manabu Soya, Andy Wu, Alejandro & Takumi Baba vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato, Ryuji Hijikata & Masayuki Mitomi
(-) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Elimination Match: Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kono & Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia ~ Over the top rope rules in addition to pin-fall and submission.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.
It was announced that the promotion will be undergoing a management change. As of the start of this month Yoshitaka Ono has stepped down as the CEO and has given the reigns to the talent and staff to run the promotion going forward.
Katsumi Sasazaki, active referee and now former sales manager, will be taking up the role as the Representative Director and President and Shinjiro Otani will be taking over as the Chairman of the Board. The Vice-President role will be split up between Masato Tanaka and Kohei Sato, with Takaiwa taking over duties of managing the wrestlers, and ring announcer Yoshiya Okita also now being placed with the duty of the sales department.
Otani stated that the promotion is beginning to see signs of recovery and he does not wish to disappoint as he strives to provide their passion of hot pro-wrestling.
Pro-Wrestling ZERO 1, Dream on Stage Inc.
Representative Director and President : Katsumi Sasazaki
Chairman of the Board : Shinjiro Otani
Vice President : Masato Tanaka & Kohei Sato
Managing Director : Maki Yuhara
General Manager : Matazo Mimata
Chairman of Talent : Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Sales Manager : Yoshiya Okita
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HARD HIT “Samurai Wearing Leg Guards”, 3/17/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo (almost sold out)
(0) Tetsuya Izuchi (HEAT-UP) vs. Raito Shimizu (Mumeijyuku)
◆Winner: DRAW (5:00 & 3:00 ext.) Time Limit Expired.
(1) Takuya Wada (FREE) vs. Kenta Hattori (Kachofugetsu)
◆Winner: Wada (:27) with a Cross Armbar.
(2) Hidenobu Koike (GRABAKA) vs. Yu Iizuka (HEAT-UP)
◆Winner: Koike (3:37) with a Triangle Choke.
(3) Atsushi Aoki (AJPW) & SUSHI (FREE) vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto (ALPHA) & Chris MAN Taro (Chris Office)
◆Winner: Taro (9:07) with a Front Neck Lock on SUSHI.
(4) Sen “Silencer” Nakadai (TEAM OVER KILL) vs. Shuri Joe (Ryukyu Dragon)
◆Winner: Nakadai (2:24) via KO.
(5) Takafumi Ito (PancraseISM) vs. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki (FREE)
◆Winner: DRAW (10:00) Time Limit Expired.
(6) Koji Iwamoto (AJPW) vs. Taido Abe (Nishiyama School)
◆Winner: Iwamoto (5:46) with a Katagatame (Shoulder Lock).
(7) Hideki Suzuki (FREE) vs. Shiyo Karasawa (M16 Thai)
◆Winner: Hideki (4:44) with a Ground Cobra.
(8) Road to “U” Juijitsu Sparring Match: Hikaru Sato vs. Hideki “Shrek” Sekine (Bonsai Juijitsu)
◆Winner: No Winner (5:00 2R)
(9) Rocky Kawamura (Pancrase ISM) & Yoshio “Hitokui” Takahashi vs. Takashi Sugiura (NOAH) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
◆Winner: DRAW (15:00) Time Limit Expired.
~ The full event card was announced for the big Saitama show at the end of the month. Among the additions is Josh Bodom from United Kingdom who will be competing in Japan for the first time. Bodom is 24 years, 178cm, 86kg, and he mad his pro debut in 2013.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Power Dream Series”, 3/25/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Saitama Super Arena, Community Hall
() Atsushi Maruyama, Yutaka Yoshie, Naoshi Sano, Keiichi Sato & CarBell Ito vs. Masakado, Ishikiri, Revlon, So Daimonji & FG Mask
() Masanobu Fuchi, TAJIRI & Yohei Nakajima vs. Osamu Nishimura, Ultimo Dragon & Kotaro Suzuki
() Koji Iwamoto vs. Josh Bodom (UK)
() The Road to 2018 Champion Carnival Special Tag Match: Naoya Nomura & KAI vs. Yoshitatsu & Yuji Hino
() Special 6 Man Tag Match: Suwama, Hikaru Sato & Yusuke Okada vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai
() Asia Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata (NJPW) vs. [Challengers] Takao Omori & Manabu Nakanishi (NJPW)
~ 1st title defense.
() AJPW World Junior Championship Match: [47th Champion] Atsushi Aoki vs. [Challenger] Shuji Kondo (W-1)
~ 1st title defense.
() AJPW World Tag Championship Match: [81st Champions] Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. [Challengers] Ryoji Sai & Dylan James
~ 1st title defense.
() Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Joe Doering vs. [Challenger] Kento Miyahara
~ 4th title defense.
~ Then the full event card was also announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on March 31.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “BS11 presents GROWIN’ UP vol. 11”, 3/31/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Ishikiri & Josh Bodom (UK)
() Yusuke Okada vs. Black Tiger VII
() Takao Omori vs. Atsushi Maruyama
() Yohei Nakajima vs. Kotaro Suzuki
() Koji Iwamoto vs. Keiichi Sato
() The Road to 2018 Champion Carnival Special 10 Man Tag Match: Suwama, Kento Miyahara, KAI, Ryoji Sai & Dylan James vs. Naoya Nomura, Yoshitatsu, Shuji Ishikawa, Zeus & Jun Akiyama
~ The full event cards were announced for the March 10 and March 11 shows.
DDT “Yokohama Twilight 2018”, 3/10/2018 [Sat] 17:30 @ Yokahama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
() Yuki Ueno vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani
() Battle Royal: Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Super Sadango Machine, MAO, Soma Takao, Antonio Honda, Shunma Katsumata, Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai
() KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Kota Umeda, Koju Takeda & Daiki Shimomura
() HARASHIMA & Ethan Page vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Kouiki Iwasaki
() Yokohama Special Single Match: Great Homo vs. Tetsuya Endo
() Yokohama Special Single Match: Keisuke Ishii vs. Daisuke Sasaki
() ALL OUTvsDAMNATION!: Konosuke Takeshita & Akito vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Paulie
DDT “Taisho Dramatic Romantan 2018”, 3/11/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka
() Keiuske Ishii vs. Kouki Iwasaki
() Mad Paulie vs. Ethan Page vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuki Hirata
() Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda & Yuni vs. Masahiro Takanashi, MAO, Nobuhiro Shimatani & Chinsuke Nakamura
() Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi vs. Soma Takao & Mizuki Watase
() KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Kota Umeda & Yuki Ueno
() Special Single Match: HARASHIMA vs. Kazusada Higuchi
() ALL OUTvsDAMNATION!: Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo
~ Then a couple matches were announced for the March 18 show in Kasukabe, Saitama.
() Ethan Page vs. Naomi Yoshimura
() Danshoku Dieno & Keisuke Ishii vs. Daisuke Sasaki & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() Special Single Match: Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Kota Umeda
DNA 42, 3/7/2018 [Wed] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Mizuki Watase vs. Minoru Tanaka (FREE)
() Ethan Page vs. Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS)
(-) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match: MAO & Rising HAYATO vs. Choun Shiryu & Rekka
(-) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match: Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Akira Joe
(-) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match: Keisuke Okuda & Kengo vs. Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda
(-) SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match: Kota Umeda & Shunma Katsumata vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Ryota Nakatsu
~ Following the March 1st show at the 1stRING, the full event card has now been announced for the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on March 22. Following the show the FREEDOM WORLD TAG belts were announced to be in defense on the show and Kenji Fukimoto and Masashi Takeda will be facing off in the main event (This match could be for the singles championship depending on if Fukimoto can beat Violento Jack in Mexico this month). Then also with FUMA’s arrival and call out to FREEDOMS a special 6 man tag match has been set between the two promotions.
Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, “THE Gekokujo 2018”, 3/22/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(0) Trainee vs. (to be announced)
() Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
() Kamui vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO
() Yuya Susumu & Masamune vs. Minoru Fujita & Chikara
() GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai vs. Gunso & ‘brother’ YASSHI
() KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Mr. Gannosuke & Yuko Miyamoto
~ 10th title defense.
() FREEDOMS vs BASARA Death Match: Jun Kasai, Takashi Sasaki & Daisuke Masaoka vs. FUMA, (to be announced) & (to be announced)
~ Hard Hit will be holding their first show on 2018 on March 17 at the Shinkiba 1stRING. Among the highlights is Hikaru Sato in a juijitsu challenge against Hideki “Shrek” Sekine, Hideki Suzuki taking on a muay thai fighter in Shiyo Karasawa, and then the MMA/wrestler combination of Rocky Kawamura and Yoshio “Hitokui” Takahashi will be taking on the pro-wrestling team of Takashi Sugiura and Takuya Nomura.
HARD HIT “Samurai Wearing Leg Guards”, 3/17/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Takuya Wada (FREE) vs. Kenta Hattori (Kachofugetsu)
() Atsushi Aoki (AJPW) & SUSHI (FREE) vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto (ALPHA) & ChrisMAN Taro (Chris Office)
() Koji Iwamoto (AJPW) vs. Taido Abe (Nishiyama School)
() Road to “U” Juijitsu Sparring Match: Hikaru Sato vs. Hideki “Shrek” Sekine (Bonsai Juijitsu)
() Hideki Suzuki (FREE) vs. Shiyo Karasawa (M16 Thai)
() Takafumi Ito (PancraseISM) vs. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki (FREE)
() Rocky Kawamura (Pancrase ISM) & Yoshio “Hitokui” Takahashi vs. Takashi Sugiura (NOAH) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
~ More matches were announced for the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on March 14, including the addition of the UWA World 6 Tag belts being in defense.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 TRANS MAGIC, 3/14/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Seigo Tachibana vs. Masayuki Mitomi
() Tsugataka Sato & Kenshin Chikano vs. Yusuke Kodama & Drunk Andy
() Daiki Inaba, Seiki Yoshioka & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & Ryuji Hijikata
() UWA World 6 Tag Championship Match: [61st Champions] Koji Doi, Kumagoro & Takanori Ito vs. [Challengers] NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA
~ 5th title defense.
(-) Special 8 Man Tag Match: Keiji Mutoh, Ryota Hama (BJW), SUSHI (FREE) & Kazushi Miyamoto (FREE) vs. Masayuki Kono, Hiroshi Yamato, Yasufumi Nakanoue (BJW) & KAI (FREE)
(-) WRESTLE-1 CRUISER FES 2018 Final Match: Andy Wu vs. Alejandro
(-) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [11th Champion] Shotaro Ashino vs. [Challenger] Manabu Soya
~ 8th title defense.
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HARD HIT “YES, WE ARE HARD HIT!!”, 12/30/2017 [Sat] 12:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo (No number listed, but noted as Overcrowded
(0) Masao Ando (FREE) vs. Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA)
~ DRAW (5:00) Time Expired. Bout went to extension.
◆Winner: Ando (2:02) with a V1 Armbar.
~ Hikaru Sato greeted those in attendance before the show and thanked them for helping Hard Hit grow and maxing out the attendance.
(1) Koji Iwamoto (AJPW) vs. Yutaka Kobayashi (U-FILE)
◆Winner: Iwamoto (2:34) with a Katagatame.
(2) Tyson Maeguchi (PHOENIX) vs. Shiyo Karasawa (M16 Muay Thai)
◆Winner: DRAW (10:00) Time Limit Expired.
(3) Daisuke Nakamura (Yuketsudo Honpo) vs. Sen Nakadai (TEAM OVER KILL)
◆Winner: Nakamura (2:30) with a Cross Armbar.
(4) Atsushi Aoki (AJPW) vs. Fuminori Abe (Sportiva)
◆Winner: Aoki (3:17) via TKO, referee stop, following a Release Assault Point.
(5) Grappling Tag Match: Taiji Ishimori (NOAH) & Nobuhiro Tsurumaki (FREE) vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto (ALPHA) & SUSHI (FREE)
◆Winner: Ishimori (11:05) with a Cross Face Lock on SUSHI.
(-) Bonus Dark Match: Kentaro Yorimitsu vs. Ryo Sasaki
◆Winner: DRAW (5:00 + 3:00) Time Expired.
(6) Takuya Nomura (BJW) vs. Takuya Wada (FREE)
◆Winner: Takuya Nomura (7:37) with a Cross Armbar.
(7) Yoshio “Hitokui” Takahashi (Fujiwara-gumi) & Hideki Suzuki (FREE) vs. KEI Yamamiya (GRABAKA) & Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION)
◆Winner: Hideki (12:12) with an Arm Lock on Hikaru. ~ Masato Uchishiba, Olympic Gold Medalist, was present at ringside for the match, due to Hikaru Sato’s recommendation (they trained Jiu-Jitsu together). He was present to graduate the four men that he witnessed competing. Though he denied himself to ever compete as a pro-wrestler as he is a mixed martial artist.
(8) Rocky Kawamura (Pancras-ism) vs. Kenta Hattori (Kachofugetsu)
◆Winner: Kawamura (14:02) via referee stop, KO, seated palm strikes.
~ The NωA group, Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO, announced that they will be holding their last match as a team on January 28 at the Korakuen Hall and with that the full event card was announced for the December 24 show at Korakuen. Though a special stipulation has been added to their match on 12/24, that if they lose they will split right then and there.
DDT “NEVERMIND 2017”, 12/24/2017 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
Newly announced…
() Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO vs. Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda
() Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Okuda (IGF) vs. Soma Takao & Daiki Shimomura
Previously announced…
() Dark Match: Mad Paulie vs. Gota Ihashi
() T2hee Joshi vs Tokyo Joshi: Francoise ☆ Takagi, Margaret ★ Owashi & Kazuko Hirata vs. Miyu Yamashita, Yuka Sakazaki & Yuna Manase
() Hasta la vista, Diego! Special 6 Man Tag Match: Diego, Akito & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase & Rekka
() KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, Masahiro Takanashi & Saki Akai vs. Keisuke Ishii, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Tomoya & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() KO-D Tag Championship Match: [62nd Champions] HARASHIMA & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) vs. [Challengers] Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo
~ 5th title defense.
() KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [61st Champion] Konosuke Takeshita vs. [Challenger] Colt Cabana
~ 10th title defense.
~ The event cards have been updated for the events from 12/15, 12/16 & 12/17. All these shows will be the final lead-in’s for “THE FINAL GATE 2017” on December 23.
~ The full event card was announced for the December 25 show at Korakuen.
FREEDOMS “Jun Kasai Produce Blood X’mas 2017”, 12/25/2017 [Mon] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Shuji Ishikawa, Kamui & Dragon Libre vs. Yuya Susumu, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Chikara
() Death Match: Takashi Sasaki & GENTARO vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
() Scramble Bunk House 6 Man Tag Death Match: Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Tomoya Hirata vs. Masashi Takeda, Minoru Fujita & Gunso
() Death Match: Kenji Fukimoto vs. ???
() Death Match: Daisuke Masaoka vs. Aero Boy
() KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [9th Champion] Violento Jack vs. [Challenger] Jun Kasai
~ 1st title defense.
~ The UWA 6 Tag belts were announced to be in defense on December 17 and then some matches were announced for the show of the new year on January 8. The 1/8 show will also mark Kaz Hayashi’s 25th anniversary as a pro-wrestler.
Hiroshi Yamato Produce “WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2017 SHINING WINTER”, 12/17/2017 [Sun] 15:00 @ Sanmu City Namikawa So Gymnasium in Chiba
(1) Takumi Baba vs. Masayuki Mitomi (Ehime)
(2) Manabu Soya & Tsugataka Sato vs. Daiki Inaba & Ganseki Tanaka
(3) Actres girl’Z Offer Match: Naho Kakuta vs. Aoi Igarashi
(4) Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachibana vs. Seiki Yoshioka, Andy Wu & Jun Tonsho
(5) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Alexander Otsuka
(6) UWA World 6 Tag Championship Match: [61st Champions] Koji Doi, Kumagoro & Takanori Ito vs. [Challengers]
~ 1st title defense
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SUNRISE, 1/8/2018 [Mon] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio, Masayuki Kono vs. MAZADA
() Manabu Soya & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Ganseki Tanaka & AKIRA (Makai)
() Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Drunk Andy vs. Seiki Yoshioka, Andy Wu & Ryuji Hijikata (FREE)
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Hard Hit “Grappling Unlimited”, 9/24/2017 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(0) Dark Match ~ NicoPro 4th THE NEXT CONTENDERS Tournament 1st Round: SUSHI (FREE) vs. Tetsuya Ido (HEAT-UP)
♦Winner: SUSHI (3:10) with a Single Leg Crab.
(0) Dark Match ~ NicoPro 4th THE NEXT CONTENDERS Tournament 1st Round: Masaharu Tsuchihashi (SKULL FUCK) vs. Sho Karasawa (Katchofugetsu)
♦Winner: Tsuchihashi (2:45) with a Katagatame (Shoulder Lock).
(0) Dark Match ~ NicoPro 4th THE NEXT CONTENDERS Tournament 1st Round: Yujiro Yamamoto (Katchofugetsu) vs. Katsumi Tamagawa (AJPW Referee)
♦Winner: Yamamoto (1:21) with a Hizajujigatame (Cross Kneebar).
(0) Dark Match ~ NicoPro 4th THE NEXT CONTENDERS Tournament 1st Round: Kenta Hattori (Katchofugetsu) vs. Fuminori Abe (Sportiva)
♦Winner: Hattori (5:00) via judgement.
(1) Grappling Match: Yukiko Seki (Katchofugetsu) vs. Nikkan Lee (World Referee Federation)
♦Winner: Seki (3:04) with a Cross Armbar.
(2) NicoPro 4th THE NEXT CONTENDERS Tournament 2nd Round: SUSHI vs. Masaharu Tsuchihashi
♦Winner: SUSHI (4:03) with a Single Leg Crab.
(3) NicoPro 4th THE NEXT CONTENDERS Tournament 2nd Round: Yujiro Yamamoto vs. Kenta Hattori
♦Winner: Hattori (6:02) with a Front Choke.
(4) Grappling Match: Ryu Sakurai (R-BLOOD) vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga (DDT)
♦Winner: Sakurai (2:00) with a Chicken Wing Face Lock.
(5) Grappling Match: KEI Yamamiya (GRABAKA) vs. Atsushi Maruyama (FREE)
♦Winner: Yamamiya (3:32) with a Cross Armbar.
(6) Grappling Tag Match: Dick Togo & Takuya Wada (both FREE) vs. Koji Iwamoto (AJPW) & Nobuhiro Tsurumaki (FREE)
♦Winner: Togo (9:59) with a Crossface on Tsurumaki.
(7) Grappling Match: Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) vs. ‘brother’ YASSHI
♦Winner: Hikaru (4:57) with a Katagatame (Shoulder Lock).
(8) NicoPro 4th THE NEXT CONTENDERS Tournament Final Match: SUSHI vs. Kenta Hattori
♦Winner: Hattori (12:02) with a Choke Sleeper.
(9) Main Event Grappling Tag Match: Yoshiki “Hitokui” Takahashi (FREE) & Rocky Kawamura (PancraseISM) vs. Shogun Okamoto (FREE) & Takahisa Matsumoto (Reversal Gym Tachikawa ALPHA)
♦Winner: Takahashi (11:24) with a Leg Lock on Matsumoto.
Hard Hit “ALL MARTIAL ARTS ADVANCE”, 7/16/2017 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(-) Dark Match: Kenta Hattori (Kachofugetsu) vs. Fuminori Abe (Sportiva)
♦Winner: DRAW (5:00) Time Expired.
(-) Dark Match: Nobuhiko Tsurumaki (FREE) vs. Masao Ando (FREE)
♦Winner: Tsurumaki (3:34) with a Cross Armbar.
(-) Dark Match: SUSHI (FREE) vs. Yuu Iizuka (HEAT-UP)
♦Winner: DRAW (5:00) Time Expired.
(1) Takuya Nomura (BJW) vs. Shiyo Karasawa (M16 Muay Thai)
♦Winner: Takuya (3:16) with a Cross Armbar.
(2) Exhibition Match – 3 Min. 2 Round: Atsushi Aoki (AJPW) vs. Taison Maeguchi (PHOENIX)
♦Winner: No Victor (2R 3:00)
(3) Yutaka Kobayashi (U-FILE) vs. Yujiro Yamamoto (Kachofugetsu)
♦Winner: Kobayashi (7:29) with a Heel Hold.
(4) Hideki Suzuki (FREE) vs. Masamune (FREE)
♦Winner: Hideki (6:18) with a Double Arm Suplex Submission Hold.
(5) Yoshiaki Fujiwara (Fujiwara-gumi) & Takuya Wada (FREE) vs. Tadashi Matsumoto (Reversal Gym ALPHA) & Koji Iwamoto (AJPW)
♦Winner: Fujiwara (14:30) with a Haragatame on Matsumoto.
(6) WINDY Tomomi (FREE) vs. Yukiko Seki (Kachofugetsu)
♦Winner: Tomomi (6:29) via referee stop, TKO.
(7) Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) vs. Daisuke Nakamura (Yuketsudo Honpo)
♦Winner: Hikaru (6:16) with an Achilles Tendon Hold.
~ Sai suffered a lot of blood loss following an accidental hand strike from Suwama. After Sai attempted to avoid a lariat from Suwama.
~ Medical personal were called in to check on Sai was taken backstage with a stretcher.
~ It was also announced that Suwama has suffered an injury to his right hand as well.
~ The two will miss tomorrow’s show as the extent of their injuries will be released when they are known for certain.
~ Tomorrow’s updated event card is as follows…
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2017 Super Power Series”, 5/13/2017 [Sat] @ Higashiomi City Eigenji Sports Park Gymnasium in Shiga
(1) Yusuke Okada vs. Atsushi Maruyama (FREE)
(2) Yohei Nakajima vs. Yuma Aoyagi
(3) GAORA TV Prelude: Jun Akiyama & Ultimo Dragon vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Takeshi Minamino
(4) Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Koji Iwamoto & Rikiya Fudo ~ originally… (-) Suwama, Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Koji Iwamoto, Ryoji Sai & Rikiya Fudo (Suwama and Sai out with injury.)
(5) Takao Omori vs. KAI
(6) Kento Miyahara, Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Zeus & The Bodyguard
~ The full event card was announced for the next show on May 17.
BASARA, 5/17/2017 [Wed] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Ryuji Ito (BJW), Ryuichi Sekine & Fuminori Abe (Sportiva) vs. Masamune (FREE), Yusuke Kubo & Tatsuhiko Yoshino (BJW)
() Itadaki ~ A BLOCK Match: Trans Am ★ Ryuichi vs. Best Stretch Man V3
() Itadaki ~ A BLOCK Match: Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Takato Nakano
() Itadaki ~ B BLOCK Match: Trans Am ★ Hiroshi vs. SAGAT
() Itadaki ~ B BLOCK Match: Isami Kodaka vs. Goma Ryu
() Itadaki ~ B BLOCK Match: FUMA vs. Ryota Nakatsu
All of the matches were announced for the upcoming “1st BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship League”.
The round-robin league is set to begin on May 25 and will run all the way through to the decision match, between the top two, on the July 17 show at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. The title will be solely for the talent who are 95kg (209lbs) and under which then means the World Strong belt is designation for wrestlers 96kg (211lbs) and up.
~ Rocky Kawamura versus Yoshiki “Hitokui” Takahashi was announced for the July 16 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING. The first ever King of Pancrase Heavyweight Champion, Yoshiki will be competing in the ring for first time since 2013. As he takes on the current King of Pancrase Middleweight Champion in Kawamura.
Hard Hit “ALL MARTIAL ARTS ADVANCE”, 7/16/2017 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(-) Dark Match: SUSHI (FREE) vs. Yuu Iizuka (HEAT-UP)
(-) Dark Match: Kenta Hattori (Kachofugetsu) vs. Fuminori Abe (Sportiva)
~ DNA : Shunma Katsumata versus Yuki Ueno was announced for the Korakuen Hall show on July 4. The show will also feature Kazusada Higuchi’s graduation match from the rookie group.
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Hikaru Sato Produce ~ Condition Green, 3/25/2017 [Sat] 12:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
~ Hikaru Sato stated that since the one year young talent centered shows of AJ PHOENIX (AJPW) and D-RIZE (BJW). That he brought together this show today to try and form something under his own efforts. He stated that this was originally supposed to involved Kyohei Wada as well, but due to his on-going complications with injury that he went ahead and got the ball rolling. He thanked everyone for coming out and supporting all the wrestlers today and hoped they enjoyed the mix of styles, from wrestling, shoot, to even joshi, that is being presented today.
(1) Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP) vs. Yusuke Okada (AJPW)
♦Winner: Tamura (6:47) with a Triangle Sleeper.
(2) Yohei Nakajima (AJPW) & Shinichiro Tominaga (FREE) vs. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki & Masamune (both FREE)
♦Winner: Masamune (9:24) with the Honebami on Tominaga.
(3) Hiroyo Matsumoto (FREE) & Riho (Gatoh Move) vs. Emi Sakura & Asaa Maika (both Gatoh Move)
♦Winner: Riho (13:00) with the Kurukuru Ribbon on Emi.
(4) Rocky Kawamura (PancraseISM) & Masao Inoue (FREE) vs. NOSAWA Rongai (Tokyo Gurentai) & SUSHI (FREE)
♦Winner: Kawamura (14:45) following the Balboa Blow on SUSHI.
(5) Naoya Nomura (AJPW) vs. Josh O’Brien (Kachofugetsu)
♦Winner: Nomura (8:57) following a Spear.
(6) Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) & Kenta Hattori (Kachofugetsu) vs. Shoichiro Katsumura (Reversal Gym Yokohama Grand Slam) & Sho Karasawa (M16 Muay Thai Style)
♦Winner: Katsumura (14:44) with a Cross Armbar on Hattori.
(7) Koji Iwamoto (AJPW), Takuya Nomura (BJW) & Yuu Iizuka (HEAT-UP) vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS), Yuma Aoyagi (AJPW) & Fuminori Abe (Sportiva)
♦Winner: DRAW (20:00) Time Expired. ~ Takuya and Abe already headed to the back, but the remaining wrestlers called for the match to restart.
~ Rematch 5:00 – Koji Iwamoto & Yuu Iizuka vs. Toru Sugiura & Yuma Aoyagi
♦Winner: DRAW (5:00) Time Expired.
Hard Hit ~ Wangan MOON RISE, 3/25/2017 [Sat] 17:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(0) Kenta Hattori (Kachofugetsu) vs. Yu Iizuka (HEAT-UP)
♦Winner: DRAW (5:00) Time Expired.
(1) Fuminori Abe (Sportiva) vs. Sho Karasawa (M16 Muay Thai Style)
♦Winner: Karasawa (3:11) via KO.
(2) SUSHI (FREE) vs. Yutaka Kobayashi (U-FILE)
♦Winner: Kobayashi (4:38) with a Choke Sleeper.
(3) Jake Lee (AJPW) vs. Takahisa Matsumoto (Reversal Gym Tachikawa ALPHA)
♦Winner: Lee (5:16) via TKO, following a Backdrop.
(4) Emi Tomimatsu (Parachiba Matsudo) vs. Kaori Yoneyama (YMZ)
♦Winner: Tomimatsu (3:33) with a Choke Sleeper.
(5) Takuya Wada (FREE) vs. Shoichiro Katsumura (Reversal Gym Yokohama Grand Slam)
♦Winner: DRAW (10:00) Time Expired.
(6) Koji Iwamoto (AJPW) vs. Tanomusaku Toba (FREE)
♦Winner: Iwamoto (6:33) with a Katagatame (Shoulder Lock).
(7) Grappling Tag Match: Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (Fujiwara-gumi) vs. Atsushi Aoki (AJPW) & Ryuta Sakurai (R-BLOOD)
♦Winner: DRAW (15:00) Time Expired.
(8) Rocky Kawamura (PancraseISM) vs. Takuya Nomura (BJW)
♦Winner: DRAW (15:00) Time Expired, 2-2 draw.
“NicoPro presents Hard Hit ~ Tsuki ni Naru Otokotachi in Shinjuku”, 12/29/2016 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo Attendance: (A little less than RIZIN)
(1) Sho Karasawa (Kachofugetsu) vs. Shibata (Pancrase P’s LAB Yokohama)
◆Winner: Karasawa (4:55) via referee stop.
(2) Jet Izumi (FREE) vs. Yukiko Seki (Kachofugetsu)
◆Winner: DRAW (5:00) Time Expired.
(3) Takahiro Tababa (IMN Grappling) vs. Kenta Hattori (Kachofugetsu)
◆Winner: DRAW (5:00) Time Expired.
(4) Yu Kobayashi (Kachofugetsu) vs. Takuya Nomura (BJW)
◆Winner: DRAW (10:00) Time Expired.
(5) Daijiro Matsui (FREE) vs. Koji Iwamoto (Sportiva/AJPW)
◆Winner: Matsui (4:34) with a with a Cross Armbar.
(6) Nobuhiro Tsurumaki (FREE) & Masamune (FREE) vs. Masao Ando (FREE) & Daisuke Nakamura (Yuketsudo Honpo)
◆Winner: Tsurumaki (7:44) with an Achilles Tendon Lock on Ando.
(7) Hideki Suzuki (FREE) vs. Takutoshi Matsumoto (Kachofugetsu)
◆Winner: Hideki (6:08) with a Double Arm Suplex Hold.
(8) Exhibition Match: Naoyuki Taira (Strapple) vs. Atsushi Aoki (AJPW)
◆Winner: No winner (5:00)
(9) Yoshihiro Takayama (FREE) vs. Takuya Wada (SK Absolute)
◆Winner: Takayama (10:24) via KO, German Suplex.
(10) Ryo “Rocky” Kawamura (Pancrase ISM) vs. Shunpei Ota (P’s LAB Yokohama)
◆Winner: Kawamura (9:51) via TKO.
(11) Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) vs. Joshua Robinson (Rodeo Style)
◆Winner: Hikaru (3:07) with a Heel Hold.
HARD HIT ~ Best of the super grapplers, 10/2/2016 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(0-1) NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ 1st Round : Shunpei Ota [P’sLAB] vs. Shibata [P’sLAB]
◆Winner: Ota () via decision.
(0-2) NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ 1st Round : Takahiro Tababa [FREE] vs. Masao Ando [FREE]
◆Winner: Ando () with a Heel Hold.
(0-3) NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ 1st Round : Kenta Hattori [Kachofugetsu] vs. Katsumi Tamagawa [FREE]
◆Winner: Hattori () with an Arm Lock.
(0-4) NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ 1st Round : Yutaka Kobayashi [U-FILE] vs. Toshiya Kawarai [Kachofugetsu]
◆Winner: Yutaka () with a Choke Sleeper.
(1) NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ Semi-final : Shunpei Ota vs. Masao Ando
◆Winner: Ota () with a Choke Sleeper.
(2) NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ Semi-final : Kenta Hattori vs. Yutaka Kobayashi
◆Winner: Yutaka () with a Front Neck Lock.
(3) Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama vs. Emi Tomimatsu & Seki Yukiko
◆Winner: Tomimatsu () with a Cross Arm Lock Hold on Yoneyama.
(4) Hard Hit Grappling Rules : SUSHI [AJPW] vs. Takuya Wada [FREE]
◆Winner: Wada () with a Choke Sleeper.
(5) Hard Hit Grappling Rules : Ryoji Sai [LAND’S END] vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto [Kachofugetsu]
◆Winner: Sai () with a Chicken Wing Arm Lock.
(6) Kotaro Suzuki & Yuji Hino [both FREE] vs. Koji Iwamoto [Sportiva] & Takeshi Okada [Kachofugetsu]
◆Winner: Hino () with a Modified Camel Clutch on Okada.
(7) Hard Hit Grappling Rules : Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] vs. Hideki Suzuki [FREE]
◆Winner: DRAW (15:00) Time Expired.
(8) NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ Final : Yutaka Kobayashi vs. Shunpei Ota
◆Winner: Yutaka () with a Modified Chicken Wing Arm Lock.
~ Yutaka Kobayashi won the right to a singles challenge which chose to be against Ryo “Rocky” Kawamura.
~ Kawamura was not present today as he was competing at the Pancrase show. Wherein he defeated Niimura to become the new Middleweight King of Pancrase.
A couple more matches were announced for the upcoming show on October 9 at Korakuen, 10/19 show in Mito, and the Osaka show on 10/22.
Among the main additions is Jun Akiyama taking on Manabu Soya in a singles match. Akiyama was furious at Soya just showing up in All Japan and calling out a match against Omori earlier in October as Soya was willing to accept any challenge from Akiyama in return. At first it was asking for his own talent to receive a rematch against the young heavyweights from W-1 with Soya hinting that he would have even accepted a match against the veteran as well. Which is now going to happen.
Then it was also announced that Yohei Nakajima and SUSHI will be taking on the W-1 junior team of Seiki Yoshioka and Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio. Yoshioka specifically might be looking for a singles match against Yohei for the GAORA TV belt. An All Japan versus WRESTLE-1 war appears to be in full swing which we will see what may come about it all in the future.
Then for the 10/19 show in Mito. It was announced that Suwama will be teaming with Super Tiger to take on the heel Tiger combination of the mysterious Great Tiger and the 5th generation Black Tiger in a special tag match.
Then lastly the World Junior Heavyweight Champion Soma Takao was added to the Osaka show on 10/22, as he teams with Jake Lee and Yuma Aoyagi to take on the team of Rikiya Fudo, YO-HEY and HAYATA.
~ The full event cards were announced for the two upcoming shows which will feature a singles and then a tag tournament taking place.
Isami Kodaka Pro Wrestling “2nd Annual Shinjuku Chijo Saidai Budokai”, 9/28/2016 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(1) First Round Match: Shiori Asahi [K-DOJO] vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino [GUTS]
(2) First Round Match: Isami Kodaka vs. Kei Brahman [FREE]
(3) First Round Match: FUMA vs. Kengo Mashimo [K-DOJO]
(4) First Round Match: Yasu Urano [DDT] vs. Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW]
(5) Second Round Match: Riho vs. Winner of (Asahi/Yoshino)
(6) Second Round Match: Winner of Kodaka/Brahman vs. Manami Toyota
(7) Semi-final Match: Winner of X/Asahi/Yoshino vs. Winner of FUMA/Mashimo
(8) Semi-final Match: Winner of Urano/Sekimoto vs. Winner of Kodaka/Brahman/Toyota
(9) Trans Am ★ Hiroshi, Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT vs. Ryuichi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto
(10) Shinjuku Chijo Saidai Budokai Final Match:
~ Then the event card was updated for the show on October 5. Which will feature the first round matches of the “ION FITS TAG TOURNAMENT”.
BASARA, 10/5/2016 [Wed] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match (A) : Daichi Kazato & Tomoya Kawamura vs. Trans Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT
() IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match (B) : Koji Iwamoto & Fuminori Abe vs. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo
() IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match (C) : Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Goma Ryu & Masamune
() IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 1st Round Match (D) : Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Shinjiro Otani & Sean Guinness
It was announced that Kankuro Hoshino will be defending the Deathmatch Heavy belt against Isami Kodaka on November 22 at the Korakuen Hall. This will mark the first time since May of 2014 since Kodaka was champion and competed in a match for the belt.
BJW, 11/22/2016 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship Match: [33rd Champion] Kankuro Hoshino vs. [Challenger] Isami Kodaka
~ 3rd title defense.
DDT NEWS
It was announced that KO-D Tag belts will be in defense on October 9 as HARASHIMA and Yuko Miyamoto will once more be taking on the team of Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo.
DDT “Sapporo Pro-Wrestling Festa 2016 ~ DDT Uni”, 10/9/2016 [Sun] 20:00 @ Sapporo Sasukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido
(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [Champions] HARASHIMA & Yuko Miyamoto vs. [Challengers] Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo
~ The full event card was announced for the upcoming Shinkiba show on October 2.
HARD HIT ~ Best of the super grapplers, 10/2/2016 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ 1st Round : Shunpei Ota [P’sLAB] vs. Shibata [P’sLAB]
() NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ 1st Round : Takahiro Tababa [FREE] vs. Masao Ando [FREE]
() NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ 1st Round : Kenta Hattori [Kachofugetsu] vs. Katsumi Tamagawa [FREE]
() NicoPro Cup NEXT CONTENDERS 1DAY Tournament ~ 1st Round : Yutaka Kobayashi [U-FILE] vs. Toshiya Kawarai [Kachofugetsu]
() Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama vs. Emi Tomimatsu & Seki Yukiko
() Kotaro Suzuki & Yuji Hino [both FREE] vs. Koji Iwamoto [Sportiva] & Takeshi Okada [Kachofugetsu]
() Hard Hit Grappling Rules : Ryoji Sai [LAND’S END] vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto [Kachofugetsu]
() Hard Hit Grappling Rules : SUSHI [AJPW] vs. Takuya Wada [FREE]
() Hard Hit Grappling Rules : Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] vs. Hideki Suzuki [FREE]
Following the conclusion of the “DESTRUCTION” tour of shows this month, New Japan will now be focusing one of the last big shows of 2016 in “KING OF PRO-WRESTLING” on October 10 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Of course the previously announced main event will feature Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight belt against Naomichi Marufuji, Stemming form Marufuji claiming the upset win over the champion in the G1 CLIMAX in July.
As for the new matches, Kenny Omega will be putting up his “Tokyo Dome IWGP Challenge Rights” on the line against Hirooki Goto in the semi-final match of the night. Even though Goto originally lost to Omega at the final match of this years G1 CLIMAX, and how Omega won the rights, he has raised the challenge for a rematch that only can be fitting at the same hall that their original match took place.
Kyle O’Reilly will also be receiving the next challenge for the NEVER Openweight belt against Katsuyoshi Shibata. Shibata just defending the belt against O’Reilly’s partner Bobby Fish during the “DESTRUCTION” tour. Shibata is currently nursing on-going spine issues, but has stated that he will be a fighting champion. As it will take a lot for him to not be able to defend the belt.
Then an 8 man tag match has been set as the new IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito teams with his fellow L.I.J. teammates in SANADA, EVIL, and BUSHI to take on Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, KUSHIDA, and ROH’s Jay Lethal. As Lethal is no longer a member of the L.I.J.
The Briscoe Brothers will be defending the IWGP Tag belts against another set of brothers in the “Guerrillas of Destiny” Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa. The challengers were champions in the past and this will mark their first challenge in 4 months. A rematch from the 6.19 “DOMINION” show in Osaka.
Then the IWGP Junior Tag belts will be in defense, as the “Young Bucks” defend against the team of Ricochet and David Finlay. This match coming about after Finlay was made Ricochet and Kojima’s partner for the NEVER 6 Man Tag belts due to Matt Sydal being unable to make it to the originally scheduled defense. Ricochet and Finlay have hit it off as a team as Finlay is hungry to breakout further in his career and Ricochet having on-going issues with the Young Bucks in general.
Then with Marufuji representing NOAH in the main event. A special 8 man tag match will be featured early on in the show as New Japan takes on NOAH. As the New Japan veteran team of Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi take on Go Shiozaki, Maybach Taniguchi, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya.
A special pre-show match match will be held in honor of Bushiroad’s revival of the Tiger Mask anime. As a maskman showdown will take place as Tiger Mask takes on Red Death Mask.
Before the big show though, New Japan will be holding “NEW JAPAN ROAD” on October 8 which will feature prelude’s to the following big event. Though a title match will be taking place as Kojima, Ricochet and Finaly will be defending the NEVER 6 Man Tag belts against the CHAOS Junior combination of Will Ospreay, Rocky Romero and Barreta in the semi-final match of the night.
The main event will feature Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, KUSHIDA & Jay Lethal taking on Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI. KUSHIDA of course is vying for a rematch for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight belt and Elgin is also aiming for a rematch for the IWGP Intercontinental belt. Which both match could be set for the “POWER STRUGGLE” event in November. Lethal will also be teaming with the New Japan regulars following his falling out with L.I.J. in August, so he could be looking to enact upon his own revenge as well.
Then a double prelude 8 man tag match will be held. As Goto teams with Tomohiro Ishii, and the IWGP Tag Champions Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe to take on Omega, Bad Luck Fale, and the challengers for the IWGP Tag belts Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa. Both sides will be looking for the early momentum heading into the following event, but it should make for a solid encounter nonetheless.
Captain New Japan will be changing his name to “BONE SOLDIER” following his betrayal on Yoshitatsu on 9/25. He will be debuting his new persona on the 10/8 show as the newest member of BULLET CLUB. Now the question remains as if this will be a career revival for him or if he will just end up being a “bullet” sponge for the group.
Pro Wrestling NOAH announced the full event cards for October tour, namely for the bigger shows that take place on 10/8 and 10/23 shows.
As it was previously announced for the 10/8 show, Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano will face Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI. Though now it will be with the GHC Tag belts on the line. This will also be in prelude Marufuji’s IWGP Title challenge against Okada on October 10 at New Japan’s “KING OF PRO-WRESTLING”.
Though on the NOAH front Takashi Sugiura will be defending his GHC Heavyweight Championship against Katsuhiko Nakajima on October 23 at the big show in Yokohama. This follows Sugiura’s defense against, Nakajima’s former fellow DIAMOND RING/Kensuke Sasaki students, against Masa Kitamiya on 9/23. Nakajima came out after the match to assert himseld as a challenger against Sugiura which has now been made official. Nakajima last competed for the GHC belt earlier this year on 3/19 which Sugiura managed to win with the help of SZKG. It shall be interested to see how different Nakajima can tip the match in his favor given that the SZKG presence will still be looming over the match.
Then it was also announced that Yoshinobu Kanemaru will be receiving his rematch against Atsushi Kotoge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship on 10/23 as well. Kotoge bested the former champion on the 9/23 show.
The full event card was announced for the October 2 show in Saitama. Which will feature two prelude matches for the newly announced W-1 Tag defense.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2016 UPDRAFT, 10/2/2016 [Sun] 13:00 @ Kawaguchi Industrial Technology Center in Saitama
() Masayuki Kono & Shuji Kondo vs. Seigo Tachibana & Jun Tonsho
() Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Kohei Fujimura vs. Yuji Hino & NOSAWA Rongai
() W-1 Tag Prelude: Kaz Hayashi vs Hiroki Murase
() W-1 Tag Prelude: KAI & Jay Freddie vs. Kotaro Suzuki & MAZADA
() UWA World 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [51st Champions] Daiki Inaba, Andy Wu & Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challengers] Yusuke Kodama, Koji Doi & Kumagoro
Then the W-1 Tag belts will be in defense as Kaz Hayashi and Kotaro Suzuki will be defending the belts against the team of KAI and Hiroki Murase on the October 9 show at Korakuen.
“WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2016 UPDRAFT”, 10/9/2016 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Reika Saiki vs. Kyoko Kimura
(-) Manabu Soya vs. Takao Omori
(-) 5 vs 5 Elimination Match: Daiki Inaba, Koji Doi, Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio, Kumagoro & Kohei Fujimura vs. Masayuki Kono, Shuji Kondo, Jun Kasai, Yuji Hino & NOSAWA Rongai
(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] Jay Freddie
~ 2nd title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Kaz Hayashi & Kotaro Suzuki vs. [Challengers] KAI & Hiroki Murase
~ I am currently looking for someone to cover DRAGON GATE and any joshi-related promotions respectively. Also if you have a blog dedicated to one of these promotions, feel free to let me know as well and we could work something out. If you believe this something that you could handle on a daily or even a weekly basis, or even if you wish for me to promote your own blog, feel free to send me a message.
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Hard Hit “Yama vs Kawa”, 2/28/2016 [Sun] 12:30 @ Blue Field in Chiba
(1) Yutaka Kobayashi [Pancrase] vs. Keisuke Okuda [FREE]
◆Winner: Okada () via KO, mounted palm strikes.
(2) Takafumi Ito [Pancrase-ism] & Shunpei Ota [P’sLAB] vs. Super Tiger [RJPW] & Shuichiro Katsumura [K’z FACTORY]
◆Winner: Super Tiger () via KO on Ota.
(3) KEI Yamamiya [GRABAKA] vs. Dan Theodore
◆Winner: Yamamiya () with a Cross Armbar.
(4) Ayumu Honda [K-DOJO] vs. Kenta Hattori [Kachofugetsu]
◆Winner: DRAW (10:00) Time Expired, split decision.
(5) Jake Lee [AJPW] vs. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki [FREE]
◆Winner: Lee () via KO, following a High Angle Backdrop.
(6) Grappling Tag Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara [Fujiwara-gumi] & Yuma Aoyagi [AJPW] vs. Takuya Wada [SK Absolute] & Takahisa Matsumoto [Kachofugetsu]
◆Winner: Fujiwara () with an Armbar on Matsumoto.
(7) Exhibition Match – Shoot Boxing Rules (2 min. 2 Rounds): Atsushi Aoki [AJPW] vs. Makoto Oe [FREE]
◆Winner: No Winner ()
(8) Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] vs. Minoru Tanaka [WRESTLE-1]
◆Winner: Minoru (10:00) Time Expired, 2-1 vote.
(9) Yoshihiro Takayama [Takayama-do] vs. Ryo Kawamura [Pancrase-ism]
◆Winner: Takayama () via KO, following an Everest German Suplex.
(7) Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] vs. Keisuke Okuda [FREE] ◆Winner: Hikaru (1:58) with a Heel Hold.
~ Hikaru [0D 0E]
~ Okuda [0D OE] ~ Hikaru and Okuda shook hands as the two agreed for another match in the future. Hikaru took some rough shots early into the fight, but managed to sink in the quick submission. ~ Strong reaction was given from those in attendance.
(8) KEI Yamamiya 100th MMA Anniversary Match: Ryo Kawamura [PancraseISM] vs. KEI Yamamiya [GRABAKA] ◆Winner: Kawamura (9:59) following a Palm Strike Barrage.
~ Kawamura [0D 0E]
~ KEI [0D 0E] ~ Respect was shown between the two as KEI thanked everyone for the support throughout the years. He also plans to continue training and working hard in the future.
Puroresu Spirit 
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