AJPW results for August 5, 2018

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUMMER EXPLOSION ~ SUMMER DREAM FESTIVAL in KANAZAWA”, 8/5/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ishikawa Prefecture Industry Exhibition Building
1,719 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Ultimo Dragon & Gianni Valletta vs. & Mushuku no ‘Sekiko’ & Keiichi Sato (FREE)
◆Winner: Dragon (8:03) with a La Magistral on Keiichi.

(2) Jr. TAG League Match: Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Black Menso~re & Black Tiger VII
◆Winner: Menso~re (12:26) with a Jacknife Hold on Aoki.
~ Menso~re/BT VII [1 win, 1 loss = 2 points]
~ Aoki/Hikaru [2 wins, 1 loss = 4 points]
~ Issues between Menso~re and Black Tiger appear to be forming, much the same when “Yohei Nakajima” was his partner.

(3) GAORA TV Championship Match: [16th Champion] TAJIRI vs. [Challenger] Otokozakari (FREE)
◆Winner: TAJIRI (7:46) with a Small Package Hold.
~ 1st successful title defense.

(4) Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa & Atsushi Maruyama vs. Jake Lee, Dylan James & Koji Iwamoto
◆Winner: Lee (8:35) following a Running Knee on Maruyama.

(5) Special Dream 6 Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Riki Choshu (RikiPro) & Hiroshi Hase (FREE) vs. Yoshitatsu, Naoya Nomura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)
◆Winner: Hase (15:31) with a Northern Lights Suplex Hold on KAZMA.
~ Hase, who was previously announced as just a guest for the show, ended up competing in the All Japan ring for the first time in roughly 12 years.

(6) Zeus, Takao Omori & KAI vs. Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & KENSO (FREE)
◆Winner: Omori (20:24) following an Axe Bomber on Aoyagi.
~ Omori with the revenge win over Aoyagi following yesterday’s loss.

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VKF results for August 3, 2018

VKF 11th Anniversary Show WRESTLE NANIWA 2018, 8/3/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Azalea Taisho in Osaka

(1) Takaku Fuke vs. Manabu Hara
◆Winner: Hara (5:28) with a Jumping Rolling Cross Armbar.
(2) Naoshi Sano vs. Legend Denryoku Mask
◆Winner: Naoshi (4:28) with a Sleeper Hold.
(3) VKF Machine #1 & #3 vs. Yasu Kubota & Yuto Kikuchi
◆Winner: VKF Machine #1 (9:03) via pin-fall on Yasu
(4) Goa vs. CHANGO
◆Winner: Goa (10:07) with a Diving Senton counter to Liger Bomb.
(5) Shuichiro Katsumura & GENTARO vs. Masamune & Yuya Susumu
◆Winner: No Contest (9:40)
~ Neither Katsumura nor Susumu heeded the referee’s warnings so he called the match.
(6) Billyken Kid & Tsubasa vs. Joji Otani & Daisuke Kanehira
◆Winner: Billyken (10:11) with the Vertigo on Joji.
(7) SUGI vs. Kenichiro Arai
◆Winner: SUGI (10:11) with a Swandive style Hurricanrana.
(8) Voltage, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Minoru Tanaka vs. Akira Joe, MIYAWAKI & Hide Kubota
◆Winner: Hide (11:15) with a Gedo Clutch on Voltage.

(9) VKF Championship Match: [Champion] TORU vs. [Challenger] Osamu Suganuma
◆Winner: TORU (21:08) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster.
~ 4th successful title defense.

~ Following the match, Goa came forward to challenge the champion.

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Upcoming..

VKF “Clash of Champions 2018”, 9/17/2018 [Mon] 17:00 @ Tenmabashi Dawn Center in Osaka

(-) VKF Championship Match: [Champion] TORU vs. [Challenger] Goa
~ 5th title defense.

NOAH results for July 28, 2018

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

~ The two upcoming rookies, Yoshiki Inamura and Kinya Okada, greeted the audience to publicly introduce themselves before their debut on August 5th. [Previous news post with their stats.]

(1) Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Junta Miyawaki vs. Seiya Morohashi (FREE)
◆Winner: Ogawa (4:18) following a Backdrop on Miyawaki.
(2) Maybach Taniguchi, Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION), KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE) & Cody Hall vs. Masao Inoue (FREE), Chang Jian Feng, Lin Dong Xuan & Yilin Sun
◆Winner: Taniguchi (9:20) with the Maybach Bomb Zwei on Xuan.
~ The team of Taniguchi, Nagai, KAZMA & Hall was announced to be going forward under the name “Hooliganz”.

(3) Junior Tag League Match: Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Ricky Marvin & El Hijo del Pantera
◆Winner: Marvin (15:05) with the 8.1 on Tadasuke.
~ Marvin/Pantera [3 wins, 2 losses = 6 points]
~ Harada/Tadasuke [3 wins, 2 losses = 6 points]

(4) Junior Tag League Match: HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
◆Winner: HAYATA (12:56) over Ohara, following the Headache from HAYATA.
~ HAYATA/YO-HEY [3 wins, 2 losses = 6 points]
~ Ohara/Kumano [3 wins, 2 losses = 6 points]

(5) Takashi Sugiura, Muhammad Yone, Quiet Storm & Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge, Kenoh & Kaito Kiyomiya
◆Winner: Tanaka (15:38) following the Sliding D on Kiyomiya.

(6) Junior Tag League Match: Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka (FREE) vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Sugawara (both ZERO1)
◆Winner: Hidaka (16:39) with the Shawn Capture on Hi69.
~ Hidaka/Sugawara [4 wins, 1 loss = 8 points]
~ Hi69/Minoru [2 wins, 3 losses = 4 points]
~ With the win, Hidaka and Sugawara claim the top of the block standings and with only one loss they are in the running for the final (pending the outcome of Ohara/Kumano versus Harada/Tadasuke).

(7) GHC Tag Championship Match: [44th Champions] Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. [Challengers] Naomichi Marufuji & Akitoshi Saito
◆Winner: Saito (25:21) following the Death Brand on Kitamiya.
~ Champions fall on their 1st title defense. Marufuji & Saito become the 45th champions.

 

CURRENT STANDINGS

~ Hidaka/Sugawara [4 wins, 1 loss = 8 points]
~ HAYATA/YO-HEY [3 wins, 2 losses = 6 points]
~ Ohara/Kumano [3 wins, 2 losses = 6 points]
~ Marvin/Pantera [3 wins, 2 losses = 6 points]
~ Harada/Tadasuke [3 wins, 2 losses = 6 points]
~ Hi69/Minoru [2 wins, 3 losses = 4 points]
~ Morohashi/Miyawaki [6 losses = 0 points]

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

FREEDOMS results for July 15, 2018

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS “Shinkiba Death Match Carnival 2018”, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @  Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
375 Spectators (overcrowded)

(1) Yuya Susumu & Dragon Libre vs. Shinobu & Koju Takeda (both 666)
◆Winner: Shinobu (11:12) with a Single Leg Crab on Libre.
(2) Takashi Sasaki & Tomoya Hirata vs. GENTARO & Heisenberg (New Taiwan)
◆Winner: GENTARO (13:54) with a Diving Elbow Drop on Hirata.
(3) Mammoth Sasaki, KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE) & Chikara (Riki Enterprise) vs. Toru Sugiura, Kamui & Sugiuraman Great
◆Winner: Toru (12:13) with the Raging Tornado on Chikara.

(4) Thumbtack Death Match: Minoru Fujita (FREE) vs. Miedo Extremo
◆Winner: Extremo (12:18) with a Figure Four on Thumbtacks.

(5) Barbed-wire + Alpha Death Match: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Ciclope
◆Winner: Ciclope (11:50) following a Shining Wizard w/ barbed-wire.

(6) j Fluorescent Light-tubes Death Match: Masashi Takeda (FREE) & Jun Kasai vs. Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka
◆Winner: Kasai (14:57) with the Pearl Harbor Splash on Jack.
~ After the match, Los Nomads continued to assault the other team, as Masaoka even cut at Takeda’s hair. This following Masaoka chopping off Kasai’s ponytail at the previous show.
~ Takeda declared that next time he will show Masaoka the correct way to use scissors in a death match.

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Upcoming…

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

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

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

~ Announced to compete: Jun Kasai, GENTARO, Mammoth Sasaki, Kamui, Yuya Susumu, Kenji Fukimoto, Toru Sugiura, Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata
~ Masashi Takeda, Minoru Fujita, Daisuke Masaoka, Violento Jack, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope
DOVE : Gusno, Naoki Tanizaki & ‘brother’ YASSHI
– Heisenberg (New Taiwan) & Tiida Heat (Ryuku Dragon)
– Brahman Brothers, Kubota Brothers, Drake Morimatsu, Dyna Mido & Idea

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

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

Toshiaki Kawada Produce HOLY WAR results for July 8, 2018

Toshiaki Kawada Produce “HOLY WAR vol. 2”, 7/8/2018 [Sun] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
312 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Minoru Fujita (FREE) vs. Junta Miyawaki (NOAH)
◆Winner: Minoru (7:12) via referee stop, with the BONEYARD.

(2) 3WAY Match: Kuishinbo Kamen (Osaka) vs. Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA) vs. Yoshihiro Horaguchi (K-DOJO)
◆Winner: Nakatsu (8:16) with a Hadakajime (Rear Naked Choke) on Kuishinbo.

(3) Joshi Offer Match: Dump Matsumoto & ZAP vs. Hiroe Nagahama & Miyuki Takase
◆Winner: ZAP (7:18) with a Liger Bomb on Takase.

(4) Ore no Talk Battle: Toshiaki Kawada and Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH)

(5) Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue (both FREE) vs. Jun Kasai & Tomoya Hirata (both FREEDOMS)
◆Winner: Honda (15:01) with the Dead End on Hirata.

(6) Yoshiaki Fujiwara (Fujiwara-gumi), Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) & Minoru Tanaka (FREE) vs. Hideki Suzuki (FREE), Super Tiger (RJPW) & Takatoshi Matsumoto (Reversal Gym ALPHA)
◆Winner: Minoru (14:54) with the HEAT Clutch on Matsumoto.

(7) Shiro Koshinaka (FREE), Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) & KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE) vs. Yuko Miyamoto (666), Shogun Okamoto (FREE) & Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH)
◆Winner: Kiyomiya (14:19) with a Tiger Suplex Hold on KAZMA.

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FREEDOMS results for July 4, 2018

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

(1) Barbed-wire + Bring Your Own Weapon Death Match: GENTARO vs. Tomoya Hirata
◆Winner: GENTARO (11:44) with an Over the Top Rope Hanging Neck Choke w/ barbed-wire.
(2) Yuya Susumu & Heisenberg (New Taiwan) vs. Chikara (Riki Enterprise) & Dragon Libre
◆Winner: Susumu (10:01) with a Cross Face Lock on Chikara.
(3) 3WAY Match: Takashi Sasaki vs. Ciclope vs. Gunso (DOVE)
◆Winner: Ciclope (8:57) with a Quesadora on Takashi.
(4) Hardcore Match: Mammoth Sasaki & KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE) vs. Kamui & Toru Sugiura
◆Winner: Mammoth (10:13) following the 29 Years Old on Kamui.

(5) UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [32nd Champion] ‘brother’ YASSHI (FREE) vs. [Challenger] Minoru Fujita (FREE)
◆Winner: YASSHI (13:09) with the Nice Jamaica.
~ 1st successful title defense.

(6) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [14th Champions] Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. [Challengers] Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto
◆Winner: Masaoka (16:24) following the Rokura Kai on Kasai.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ After the match, Masaoka cut off Kasai’s ponytail.

(7) KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ~ Many lighttubes & light-tubes weapon + Alpha Death Match: [10th Champion] Masashi Takeda (FREE) vs. [Challenger] Miedo Extremo
◆Winner: Takeda (15:14) following the Reverse U-Crash onto a barbed-wire board.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ Takeda remains the FREEDOMS World Champion as well as the BJW Death Match Heavyweight Champion.

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Upcoming…

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

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

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

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

RJPW results for July 3, 2018

Real Japan Pro-Wrestling “Hisashi Shinma Produce ~ Return to Origin ~ World Mask Man Tournament – Opening Show”, 7/3/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,523 Spectators

(1) Hayato Mashita vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto (Reversal Gym ALPHA)
◆Winner: Matsumoto (5:44) with a Cross Knee Bar.

(2) World Mask Man Tournament Match: Don Crocodile (Australia) vs. Super Destroyer Cain (Unknown)
◆Winner: Crocodile (9:22) with the Crocodile Clutch.
(3) World Mask Man Tournament Match: Hijo de Black Tiger (Mexico) vs. Toscano (Mexico)
◆Winner: Hijo de Black Tiger (8:21) following a Side Buster.

(4) Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION), Kouki Iwasaki (DDT/DNA) & Brazo de Oro Jr. vs. Baikan Kid, Rey Angel & Mascara Diablo (all Mexico)
~ Brazo (6:11) with a Mexican Stretch on Diablo.
~ Angel (8:03) with a Modified Yamaori on Brazo.
◆Winner: Brazo (7:12) with a Standing Shooting Star Press on Diablo.

(5) World Mask Man Tournament Match: Black Tiger Jr. (UWA) vs. Super Destroyer Ain (Unknown)
◆Winner: Black Tiger Jr. (1:09) following a Hybrid Blaster.

(6) Masayuki Kono (W-1) & “3rd Generation Taiho” Yukio Naya vs. Ryoji Sai (LAND’S END) & KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)
◆Winner: Kono (12:13) following a Shining Wizard on KAZMA.
~ Following the loss, KAZMA called out for a rematch against the super rookie Naya.

(7) World Mask Man Tournament Match: Super Tiger vs. Dos Caras Jr. (Mexico)
◆Winner: Caras Jr. (11:03) with the Dos Caras Clutch.

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RATEL’S PRODUCE results for June 30, 2018

RATEL’S PRODUCE, 6/30/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
315 Spectators (overcrowded)

(1) Tadasuke vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)
◆Winner: KAZMA (10:14) with a Small Package Hold.
~ Tadasuke came out with blond hair, which he used to sport years ago in Osaka Pro.
(2) Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Junta Miyawaki
◆Winner: Kiyomiya (8:10) with a Boston Crab.
(3) Go Shiozaki vs. Otokozakari (FREE)
◆Winner: Shiozaki (12:28) via foul, (Morodashi) Otokozakari removed Shiozaki’s trunks.
(4) HAYATA & Seiki Yoshioka (W-1) vs. YO-HEY & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1)
◆Winner: HAYATA (14:12) with a Crucifix on YO-HEY.
~ YO-HEY and Kuroshio appeared to make a decent team, but an misstep between the two allowed HAYATA to secure the win.
(5) Hi69 & Yuya Susumu (FREEDOMS) vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
◆Winner: Hi69 (14:56) with the Stuka Splash on Kumano.
(6) Daisuke Harada vs. Takashi Sugiura
◆Winner: Sugiura (21:59) following the Olympic Qualifying Slam.
~ Sugiura wins the GHC Heavy and Junior Champion showdown, though Harada put up a valiant effort. With Sugiura even showing respect in his own way.

~ All 4 members of RATEL’S joined together to close their successful first ever show.

~ Next up for NOAH is the start of the junior tag league on July 7th.

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

NOAH results for June 26, 2018

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. with Emerald Spirits 2018”, 6/26/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,517 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Maybach Taniguchi, Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION), KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE) & Cody Hall vs. KENSO (FREE), Chang Jian Feng, Lin Dong Xuan & Sun Yilin
◆Winner: KAZMA (10:35) following a Running Knee on Yilin.
~ KAZMA was then invited to join the growing Maybach Army, which now stands at four members.

(2) Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki vs. Seiya Morohashi & LEONA (DRADITION)
◆Winner: LEONA (8:55) with a Figure Four Leg Lock on Miyawaki.

(3) Hi69, Minoru Tanaka (FREE) & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Tadasuke, HAYATA & YO-HEY
◆Winner: Minoru (9:37) with the Minoru Special on Tadasuke.

(4) Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Kaito Kiyomiya
◆Winner: Yone (10:22) following the Funky Buster Bomb on Kotoge.

(5) Naomichi Marufuji, Akitoshi Saito & Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Go Shiozaki
◆Winner: Saito (11:17) following the Death Brand on Kitamiya.
~ Saito will yet another direct win over Kitamiya, as he called out a challenge for the GHC Tag belts. With his tag partner to be Marufuji.

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~ Naomichi Marufuji announced the card for his upcoming 20th Anniversary show on September 1st, as Hideo Itami, who is still active in the WWE, will make a special one-night return to compete against his former rival Marufuji in a singles match.

The full event card was also announced for the show as well which is as follows…

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

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

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(6) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [36th Champion] Daisuke Harada vs. [Challenger] Hitoshi Kumano
◆Winner: Harada (15:26) with the Katayama German Suplex Hold.
~ 6th successful title defense.
~ No next challenger was decided, but six out of the sevent teams came out as prelude to next month’s Junior Tag League.

(7) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Kenoh
◆Winner: Sugiura (26:23) following an Avalanche style Olympic Qualifying Slam.
~ 3rd successful title defense.
~ After the match, Shiozaki came forward to make the direct challenge to Sugiura.
~ Also of note, Kenoh was helped out of the ring by Kotoge and Kiyomiya.

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FREEDOMS results for June 14, 2018

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS “Reach for the star 2018”, 6/14/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
234 Spectators

(0) Exhibition Match: Trainee K vs. X
(0) Exhibition Match: Hayatada Miki vs. Takashi Sasaki

(1) Dragon Libre vs. Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PROJECT)
◆Winner: Libre (6:33) with a Moonsault Press.
(2) Gunso (DOVE) vs. Chikara (Riki Enterprise)
◆Winner: Gunso (9:56) following a Diving Guillotine Drop.
(3) Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Kamui vs. Yuya Susumu, Masamune (FREE) & KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)
◆Winner: KAZMA (10:58) following a Modified Package Piledriver on Toru.
(4) ‘brother’ YASSHI & Minoru Fujita (both FREE( vs. GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai (DG)
◆Winner: Arai (10:06) following a Tombstone Piledriver from Fujita on YASSHI.
(5) Barbed-wire Board Death Match: Takashi Sasaki vs. Tomoya Hirata
◆Winner: Takashi (16:07) following the Migi-ashi with a barbed-wire board.
(6) Fluorescent Light-tube 6 Man Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda (FREE), Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Violento Jack, Daisuke Masaoka & Yuko Miyamoto (666)
◆Winner: Fukimoto (14:54) following a Package Piledriver on Masaoka.
~ Fukimoto takes the win over the Freedom Tag Champion, as he made the challenge for the belts.
~ Jack announced that Miedo Xtremo and Ciclope will be returning to Japan next month.

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FREEDOMS results for June 2, 2018

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 6/2/2018 [Sat] 16:00 @ Kitakyushu Moji-Aka Renga Place in Fukuoka

(0) Gamshara Pro Offer: Takashi Sasaki (FREEDOMS), MIKIHISA & Yoju vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS), Tasuku Mihara & Trueno Guerrero
◆Winner: Toru () over MIKIHISA.

(1) Yuya Susumu & Rey Paloma (DOVE) vs. Kamui & Dragon Libre
◆Winner: Paloma (9:21) with a Backslide on Libre.
(2) Chikara (Riki Enterprise) vs. Nozomi Kubo (FREE)
◆Winner: Chikara (6:08) following a Backdrop.
(3) GENTARO & Tomoya Hirata vs. Kenji Fukimoto & Tessho (Gamshara)
◆Winner: GENTARO (12:15) with a Manjigatame on Tessho.
(4) Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. Takashi Sasaki & Asosan (Kyushu)
◆Winner: Asosan (12:42) with the Magma Splash on Toru.
(5) Masashi Takeda (FREE), Jun Kasai & Minoru Fujita (FREE) vs. Violento Jack, Daisuke Masaoka & KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)
◆Winner: Fujita (14:23) with a Samson Clutch on Masaoka.

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Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 11:30 @ Hanahata Hiroba in Kumamoto

() Toru Sugiura, Kamui & Ventvert Jack vs. Hide Kubota, Yasu Kubota & Ventvert Negro
() Hibiscus Mii vs. Pork Tamako
() Takashi Sasaki, GENTARO & X vs. Mammoth Sasaki, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Tomoya Hirata
() 3WAY Match: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Gabai Jichan vs. Samurai Samirai
() Masashi Takeda, Daisuke Masaoka & Takumi Tsukamoto (BASARA) vs.  Yuya Susumu, Kaz Hayashi (W-1) & Seiki Yoshioka (W-1)
() Yuji Hino (FREE) vs. Chikara
() Death Match: Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Isami Kodaka (BASARA)

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 6/14/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

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NOAH results for May 29, 2018

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. with Breeze 2018”, 5/29/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,558 Spectators (crowded)

~ 5 wrestlers from Toho Eiyuden (Oriental Heroes) appeared to greet the NOAH audience. [News on the alliance with the promotion] The Shanghai based wrestlers who are training in the dojo and will be competing next month are (left to right) Sun Yilin, Ma Zhu Jiang, Hasegawa, Lin Dong Xuan and Chang Jian Feng.

~ Then Ricky Marvin announced that he will be returning to NOAH to compete in this Summer’s “Junior Tag League”.

(1) Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano vs. Akitoshi Saito & Junta Miyawaki
◆Winner: Ohara (4:05) with the Muy Bien on Miyawaki.
(2) Yoshinari Ogawa & Seiya Morohashi (FREE) vs. HAYATA & YO-HEY
◆Winner: YO-HEY (5:12) with the Diving Ganmen G on Morohashi.
(3) Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. Cody Hall & Masao Inoue (FREE)
◆Winner: Yone (6:58) following the Funky Buster Bomb on Inoue.
(4) Maybach Taniguchi & Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) vs. KENSO & KAZMA SAKAMOTO (both FREE)
◆Winner: Taniguchi (8:20) with the Maybach Bomb Zwei on KAZMA.
(5) Kenoh vs. Atsushi Kotoge
◆Winner: Kenoh (13:47) following a Diving Foot Stomp.

(6) GHC Jr. Tag Championship Match: [34th Champions] Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka vs. [Challengers] Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke
◆Winner: Hi69 (16:39) with the Stuka Splash on Tadasuke.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ After the match, Ogawa and Minoru shook hands. He was at ringside in the champions corner for the match.

(7) GHC Tag Championship Match: [43rd Champions] Go Shiozaki & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. [Challengers] Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya
◆Winner: Nakajima (20:15) following the Vertical Spike on Shiozaki.
~ Champions fall on their 1st title defense. Nakajima & Kitamiya become the 44th champions.
~ Shiozaki favored his right elbow and left knee throughout the match. The injuries appear to have been too much against the now former champion as Nakajima and Kitamiya targeted them during the tour.

(8) GHC Heayvweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Naomichi Marufuji
◆Winner: Sugiura (25:04) with a Front Neck Lock.
~ 2nd successful title defense.
~ Respect was shown between the two after the physical match.
~ Kenoh stepped forward to challenge Sugiura, but also did Kiyomiya. As it was decided that the two’s previously announced singles match on June 10 will now determine the next rightful challenger for the GHC belt.~ Also to note, The Aggression (Nakajima and Kitamiya) were also at ringside, but are not involved in the current challenge build. But they made it known that they shall be involved in what ever transpires in the future.

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FREEDOMS results for May 4, 2018

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 5/4/2018 [Fri] 17:30 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

(0) Takashi Sasaki vs. Trainee M

(1) Kamui & Tomoya Hirata vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE) & Dragon Libre
◆Winner: Libre (10:23) with the Messiah on Hirata.
(2) Shuichiro Katsumura vs. Chikara (Riki Enterprise)
◆Winner: Katsumura (7:43) with a Cross Armbar.
(3) Yuya Susumu vs. Yuko Miyamoto (666)
◆Winner: Miyamoto (9:45) with a Gedo Clutch.
(4) Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA (both BASARA)
◆Winner: Kasai (10:34) via foul, FUMA assaulted the referee.
~ FUMA finally snapped after being called nothing more then a green boy by Kasai. As he became uncontrollable and took it out on the referee who was trying to get him off of ground and pound on Kasai.
~ Kodaka had to restrain FUMA who wanted to keep attacking Kasai even after the referee’s ruling. 
(5) Hardcore 3WAY Tag Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Masashi Takeda & Minoru Fujita vs. Mammoth Sasaki & GENTARO
◆Winner: Jack (9:39) following a Package Piledriver on GENTARO, onto a ladder and chair.
(6) Takashi Sasaki vs. Toru Sugiura
◆Winner: Takashi (25:09) following a Modified D-Geist.

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Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 5/6/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Fuji-san Messe in Shizuoka

() Dragon Libre vs. Keisuke Goto (WAVE)
() WAVE Offer Match: Rina Yamashita vs. Hiroe Nagahama
() Toru Sugiura vs. Chikara
() Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Yuya Susumu & Shuichiro Katsumura
() Mammoth Sasaki & Kamui vs. GENTARO & Tomoya Hirata
() Fluorescent Light-tubes + Barbed-wire Board & Sawtooth Ladder Tag Death Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Jun Kasai & Takashi Sasaki

FREEDOMS results for May 2, 2018

FREEDOMS “We love FREEDOMS! We are FREEDOMS! 2018”, 5/2/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
957 Spectators

(0) Exhibition Match: Hayatada Miki vs. Trainee K

(1) Opening Special Brass Knuckle Street Fight Match: GENTARO vs. Gunso (DOVE)
◆Winner: GENTARO (10:25) with a Dojime Sleeper Hold.
(2) Chikara (Riki Enterprise), Tomoya Hirata & Dragon Libre vs. Mitsuo Momota (Riki Enterprise), KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE) & Masamune (FREE)
◆Winner: Chikara (9:09) with a Backslide on Momota.
~ Chikara with his first ever career win over his father.
(3) Hardcore Match: Kamui vs. Minoru Fujita (FREE)
◆Winner: Kamui (7:10) with the Kamui Clutch.

(4) UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Yuya Susumu vs. [Challenger] ‘brother’ YASSHI (FREE)
◆Winner: YASSHI (9:13) with the Nice Jamaica.
~ Susumu falls on his 6th title defense. YASSHI becomes the 32nd champion.
~ Then with the win, this becomes YASSHI first ever singles title to hold in his 17+ year career.

(5) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Takashi Sasaki & Gurukun Mask (Ryukyu Dragon)
◆Winner: Toru (12:28) with the Raging Tornado on Takashi.
~ 11th successful title defense.

(6) TLC 3WAY Tag Death Match: Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA (both BASARA) vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Yuko Miyamoto (666)
◆Winner: Kasai (10:26) following the Vertical Fall style Reverse Tiger Driver on FUMA.

(7) KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ~ Fluorescent Lights + Double Glass Board + Alpha Death Match: [9th Champion] Violento Jack vs. [Challenger] Masashi Takeda (FREE)
◆Winner: Takeda (21:50) following the Reverse U-Crash Kai.
~ Jack falls on his 3rd title defense. Takeda becomes the 10th champion.
~ Takeda becomes the first ever Japanese Death Match Double Crown Champion as he also holds BJW’s Death Match Heavyweight belt.

 

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Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 5/4/2018 [Fri] 17:30 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

(0) Takashi Sasaki vs. Trainee M

() Kamui & Tomoya Hirata vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Dragon Libre
() Shuichiro Katsumura vs. Chikara
() Yuya Susumu vs. Yuko Miyamoto
() Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA
() Hardcore 3WAY Tag Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Masashi Takeda & Minoru Fujita vs. Mammoth Sasaki & GENTARO
() Takashi Sasaki vs. Toru Sugiura

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 5/6/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Fuji-san Messe in Shizuoka

() Dragon Libre vs. Keisuke Goto (WAVE)
() WAVE Offer Match: Rina Yamashita vs. Hiroe Nagahama
() Toru Sugiura vs. Chikara
() Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Yuya Susumu & Shuichiro Katsumura
() Mammoth Sasaki & Kamui vs. GENTARO & Tomoya Hirata
() Fluorescent Light-tubes + Barbed-wire Board & Sawtooth Ladder Tag Death Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Jun Kasai & Takashi Sasaki

FREEDOMS results for April 12, 2018

FREEDOMS “GW no Shuyaku wa Oeda! 2018”, 4/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
281 Spectators

(0) Hayatada Miki vs. Chikara
◆Winner: No Winner (7:00)

(1) Special Opening 6 Man Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Kamui vs. Takashi Sasaki, Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata
◆Winner: Takashi (8:48) with a Shonan Gorudo Clutch on Toru.
~ Takashi put forth the challenge for of the KoF Tag belts on the Korakuen Hall show on May 2, as Toru accepted. 
(2) Kenichiro Arai (DG) vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)
◆Winner: Arai (5:55) with a School Boy.

(3) Yuya Susumu & Masamune (FREE) vs. Gunso (DOVE) & ‘brother’ YASSHI (FREE)
◆Winner: Susumu (9:24) via foul, YASSHI with a chair.

(4) Barbed-wire Board & Gadget Board Tag Death Match: Kenji Fukimoto & Minoru Fujita (FREE) vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA (both BASARA)
◆Winner: Fukimoto (11:12) following a Package Piledriver on FUMA.

(5) GENTARO vs. Mr. Gannosuke (GUTS)
◆Winner: GENTARO (22:28) with the Ashikiwame Kubigatame.

(6) Fluorescent Light-tubes + Alpha Death Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Jun Kasai & Masashi Takeda (FREE)
◆Winner: Masaoka (17:14) with a La Magistral on Kasai.
~ Following the loss, Kasai called out for a singles match against Masaoka.

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FREEDOMS “We love FREEDOMS! We are FREEDOMS! 2018”, 5/2/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(0) Exhibition Match: Hayatada Miki vs. Trainee K
() Opening Special Brass Knuckle Street Fight Match: GENTARO vs. Gunso
() Chikara, Tomoya Hirata & Dragon Libre vs. Mitsuo Momota, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Masamune
() Hardcore Match: Kamui vs. Minoru Fujita

(-) UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Yuya Susumu vs. [Challenger] ‘brother’ YASSHI
~ 6th title defense.

(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Takashi Sasaki & Gurukun Mask
~ 11th title defense.

(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [9th Champion] Violento Jack vs. [Challenger] Masashi Takeda
~ 3rd title defense.