Michinoku results for July 7, 2018

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 7/7/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
340 Spectators (overcrowded)

(1) Numajiro Kesen vs. Ayumu Gunji
◆Winner: Kesen (8:37) following the Kesen-numa Otoshi.
(2) Jinsei Shinzaki, Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2 vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Shu (10:36) via pin-fall on Yapper #2.
(3) Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura vs. Rui Hyugaji & Kengo
◆Winner: Hyugaji (8:05) following a Diving Elbow Drop on Kawamura.
(4) Kenbai & Rasse vs. Ken45° & Manjimaru
◆Winner: Manjimaru (12:04) following the Manji-Otoshi on Rasse.

(5) Tohoku & UWA World Tag Double Championship Match: [25th & 24th Champions] GAINA & Taro Nohashi vs. [Challengers] Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami (both WAVE)
◆Winner: GAINA (21:17) following a Last Ride on Ohata.
~ 2nd successful title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/michipro/

Michinoku results for June 24, 2018

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Jinsei Shinzaki 25th Anniversary Show”, 6/24/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Sendai City Sun Plaza Hall
1,888 Spectators

(0) Ayumu Gunji vs. Nogyo Boy Raito
◆Winner: Gunji (8:04) following a Rock Bottom.

(1) Yasutaka Osera vs. Koji Kawamura
◆Winner: Osera (5:53) with a Boston Crab.
(2) Yapperman #1, Yapperman #2 & Yapperman #3 vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Sasuke (5:08) following the Segway no Manekinshi on Yapper #2.
(3) Dick Togo & Jiro Kesenuma vs. Shisaoh & Hayate (Itabashi)
◆Winner: Shisaoh (9:55) with a Onbu Press (Piggyback Press) on Kesenuma.
(4) Sendai Girls Offer Match: Meiko Satomura, Mika Iwata & Manami vs. Cassandra Miyagi, Heidi Katrina & Ami Sato
◆Winner: Katrina (18:24) following a Diving Guillotine Drop on Iwata.
(5) Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku) 25th Anniversary Match: Jinsei Shinzaki, Kenbai & Rasse vs. Manjimaru, Ken45° & Manjimaru
◆Winner: Shinzaki (17:23) with the Koya-otoshi (Crucifix Bomb) on Manjimaru.

(6) Sendai Girls World Championship Match: [7th Champion] DASH Chisako vs. [Challenger] Chihiro Hashimoto
◆Winner: Chihiro (15:05) with the Albright.
~ Chihiro becomes the 8th generation champion.

(7) Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [21st Champion] Rui Hyugaji vs. [Challenger] Taro Nohashi
◆Winner: Nohashi (27:01) following the Gyakuuchi.
~ Champion falls on his 2nd title defense. Nohashi becomes the 22nd champion.
~ Nohashi was greatful to have finally capture the Tohoku for the first time in his 16 year career. He declared that he will do his best to show his best as a fighting champion and as a representative of the Tohoku region.

 

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Upcoming…

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 7/7/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Jiro Kesenuma vs. Ayumu Gunji
(2) Jinsei Shinzaki, Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2 vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(3) Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura vs. Rui Hyugaji & Kengo
(4) Kenbai & Rasse vs. Ken45° & Manjimaru

(5) Tohoku & UWA World Tag Double Championship Match: [25th & 24th Champions] GAINA & Taro Nohashi vs. [Challengers] Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami
~ 2nd title defense.

News Listings for June 19, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on July 5th.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “GROWIN’ UP vol. 13”, 7/5/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Opening Tag Match: Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Yohei Nakajima & Black Tiger VII (FREE)
(-) Yoshi Army vs. Maru Navy: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu (FREE) vs. Atsushi Maruyama & KAI (FREE)
(-) ~GROWIN’ UP~: Jun Akiyama vs. Keiichi Sato (FREE)
(-) The Road to Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY: Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Koji Iwamoto & TAJIRI (FREE)
(-) Sweeper vs Fujigiri dai Kyojin: Ryoji Sai (LAND’S END) & Dylan James vs. Shuji Ishikawa (FREE) & Ishikiri (LAND’S END)
(-) Tanabata Chokuzen (Just Before Star Festival) Special Tag Match: Kento Miayahara & Suwama vs. Zeus & Jake Lee

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

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BJW NEWS

~ The death match formats were announced for the Korakuen Hall show on June 20th and the June 30th show in Hokkaido. In addition the Yokohama Shopping Street 6 Tag belts will be in defense on the 20th. The show will be on bjwcore.

BJW, 6/20/2018 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Yuki Morihiro & Takuho Kato vs. Yuki Ishikawa & Akira Hyodo
(2) Shinobu & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Fuminori Abe & Kazumi Kikuta
(3) Tatsuhiko Yoshino, Kota Sekifuda, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu, Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki
(4) Barbed Wire Board Tag Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Jaki Numazawa & Kankuro Hoshino
(5) TLC 6 Tag Death Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Takumi Tsukamoto & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda

(6) Yokohama Shopping Street 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [17th Champions] Daisuke Sekimoto, Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. [Challengers] Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto
~ 1st title defense.

(7) BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Hideki Suzuki vs. [Challenger] Takuya Nomura
~ 2nd title defense.

(8) BJW Death Match Heavyweight Championship ~ Fluorescent Light-tubes 4 ROPES + Giga Ladder + Glass Board Death Match: [36th Champion] Masashi Takeda vs. [Challenger] Isami Kodaka
~ 7th title defense.

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

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

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

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

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ Part of the matches were announced for a special multi-promotional show on August 6th at the Korakuen Hall.

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

() FREEDOMS vs TakoSpi Tag Match: X& X vs. Takoyakida & Ultimate Spider Jr.
() FREEDOMS vs PUZZLE Promotion & New Taiwan 6 Man Tag Match: (to be announced)
() Damz & DEWA Ikemen Tag Match: Yuya Susumu & Aizawa #1 vs. X & X
() 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
() FREEDOMS vs BADBOY (Michinoku): X & X vs. Ken45° & Manjimaru
() FREEDOMS vs DOVE 6 Man Tag Match: X, X & X 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] (Ryukyu Dragon team) vs. [Challengers] (tba)

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

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K-DOJO NEWS

~ During the show on June 17, Shu Asakawa (formerly GO Askawa) confronted Takizawa after the match and asserted that he wants to challenge Takizawa for the the ST-K belt. The K-DOJO office has accepted the match as it will be taking place on July 29th at the TKP Garden City Chiba. Also the ST-K TAG belts will be in defense as the next challengers will be decided on July 1st.

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

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

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

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

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MICHINOKU NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for Jinsei Shinzaki’s 25th anniversary show, which will feature the Michinoku Pro and Sendai Girls belts in defense on the double main event, and the Shiniba 1stRING show on July 7th, which will see GAINA and Taro Nohashi defend the Tohoku Tag belts against Misaki Ohata and Ryo Mizunami.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Jinsei Shinzaki 25th Anniversary Show”, 6/24/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Sendai City Sun Plaza Hall

(0) Ayumu Gunji vs. Nogyo Boy Raito
(1) Yasutaka Osera vs. Koji Kawamura
(2) Yapperman #1, Yapperman #2 & Yapperman #3 vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(3) Dick Togo & Jiro Kesenuma vs. Shisa-oh & Hayate (Itabashi)
(4) Sendai Girls Offer Match: Meiko Satomura, Mika Iwata & Manami vs. Cassandra Miyagi, Heidi Katrina & Ami Sato
(5) Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku) 25th Anniversary Match: Jinsei Shinzaki, Kenbai & Rasse vs. Manjimaru, Ken45° & Manjimaru

(6) Sendai Girls World Championship Match: [7th Champion] Chihiro Hashimoto vs. [Challenger] DASH Chisako

(7) Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [21st Champion] Rui Hyugaji vs. [Challenger] Taro Nohashi
~ 2nd title defense.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 7/7/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Jiro Kesenuma vs. Ayumu Gunji
(2) Jinsei Shinzaki, Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2 vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(3) Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura vs. Rui Hyugaji & Kengo
(4) Kenbai & Rasse vs. Ken45° & Manjimaru

(5) Tohoku & UWA World Tag Double Championship Match: [25th & 24th Champions] GAINA & Taro Nohashi vs. [Challengers] Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami
~ 2nd title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/michipro/

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NOAH NEWS

~ A card change was made for the June 21st show in Osaka, as Akitoshi Saito will now be taking on Masa Kitamiya in a singles match.

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. with Emerald Spirits 2018”, 6/21/2018 [Thu] 18:30 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

() Hajime Ohara vs. Junta Miyawaki
() Maybach Taniguchi vs. Masao Inoue vs. Cody Hall
() Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke, HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Hi69, Minoru Tanaka, Yoshinari Ogawa & Hitoshi Kumano
() Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Kaito Kiyomiya
() Masa Kitamiya vs. Akitoshi Saito
() Takashi Sugiura, Naomichi Marufuji & Masato Tanaka vs. Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Go Shiozaki

~ It was formally announced that Hitoshi Kumano will be challenging Daisuke Harada for the GHC Junior Heavyweight belt, as the full event card was announced for the Korakuen Hall show on June 26th.

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

(1) Maybach Taniguchi, Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION), KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE) & Cody Hall vs. KENSO (FREE), Chang Jian Feng, Lin Dong Xuan & Sun Yilin
(2) Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki vs. Seiya Morohashi & LEONA (DRADITION)
(3) Hi69, Minoru Tanaka (FREE) & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Tadasuke, HAYATA & YO-HEY
(4) Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Kaito Kiyomiya
(5) Naomichi Marufuji, Akitoshi Saito & Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Go Shiozaki

(6) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [36th Champion] Daisuke Harada vs. [Challenger] Hitoshi Kumano
~ 6th title defense.

(7) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Kenoh
~ 3rd title defense.

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

~ The matches were announced for next month’s “Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League”. Which starts July 7th and runs through until the final match which takes place at “DEPARTURE 2018” on August 5th.

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

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I have also finally updated the recommended matches from March through May.

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/04/puroresu-best-bout-listing-for-march-2018/

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/05/puroresu-best-bout-listing-for-april-2018/

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/06/puroresu-best-bout-listing-for-may-2018/

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Michinoku results for June 15, 2018

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Michinoku 2018 Tokyo Vol. 3 ~Kikikaikai~”, 6/15/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,215 Spectators

(1) Michinoku vs ZERO1 Young War Vol. 3: Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura vs. Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura
◆Winner: Osera (10:26) with a Single Leg Crab on Kitamura.
(2) Joshi Pro Super Fight: Yapperman #3 vs. Hiroe Nagahama
◆Winner: Yapper #3 (7:27) following a Fisherman Buster.
(3) Michinoku Pro-Wrestling 25th Anniversary Special Match: Jinsei Shinzaki, Dick Togo & Ultimo Dragon vs. Genjin Yone (Numajiro Kesen), Hayate & GAINA
◆Winner: Shinzaki (14:57) with the Nenbetsu Powerbomb on Kesen.
(4) Kenbai’s Return Match: Taro Nohashi, Kenbai, Rasse, Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2 vs. Rui Hyugaji, Manjimaru, Ken45°, Kengo & Ayumu Gunji
◆Winner: Hyugaji (18:40) following a Diving Elbow Drop on Rasse.
(5) The Great Sasuke Alliance vs Brahman Brothers Alliance ~ Mascara Contra Cabellera 2/3 Fall Match: The Great Sasuke, Mini Master, Gorgeous Matsuno & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Ultraman Robin & Abdullah Kobayashi
~ Sasuke (:20) following a DDT on Robin.
~ Shu (15:38) on Matsuno.
◆Winner: Robin (9:11) following a Diving Baka Chinga Elbow from Abby on Mini-Master.
~ Brahman Brothers, Ultraman Robin & Abdullah Kobayashi win 2-1.
~ Due to the loss, Mini-Master was forced to remove his mask. He was revealed as midget wrestler Pretty Ota.
~ Sasuke, and the Brahman’s settled their grudge, reclaimed his position as the master of Mu no Taiyo.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/michipro/

Upcoming…

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Jinsei Shinzaki 25th Anniversary Show”, 6/24/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Sendai City Sun Plaza Hall

(-) Sendai Girls World Championship Match: [7th Champion] Chihiro Hashimoto vs. [Challenger] DASH Chisako

(-) Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [21st Champion] Rui Hyugaji vs. [Challenger] Taro Nohashi
~ 2nd title defense.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 7/7/2018 [Sat] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Tohoku & UWA World Tag Double Championship Match: [25th & 24th Champions] GAINA & Taro Nohashi vs. [Challengers] Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami
~ 2nd title defense.

News Listings for May 30, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ It was announced that Riki Choshu will be competing on August 5 for a special show in Kanazawa. Then also that Keiji Mutoh will present as a special guest for the show, as he will not be competing due to currently undergoing rehabilitation for double knee replacement surgery.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling ~ 2018 SUMMER EXPLOSION ~ SUMMER DREAM FESTIVAL in KANAZAWA, 8/5/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ishikawa Prefecture Industry Exhibition Hall 

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/ajpw/

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BASARA NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the June 10 & 17 show in Sendai. Both shows will feature the second round matches of the Itadaki Tournament.

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

() Goma Ryu vs. Akiyori Takizawa
() Best Stretch Man V3 & Best Stretch Man Amazon vs. Hercules Senga & SAGAT
() FUMA & Yusuke Kubo vs. Yasu Urano & Daiki Shimomura
() Isami Kodaka, Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. Takumi Tsukamoto, Fuminori Abe & Takato Nakano

() Itadaki 2nd Round Match: Ryuichi Sekine vs. Ryota Nakatsu
() Itadaki 2nd Round Match: Manabu Hara vs. Trans Am ★ Hiroshi

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

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

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

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

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BJW NEWS

~ The full event card was announed for the June 20 show at the Korakuen Hall.

BJW, 6/20/2018 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Yuki Morihiro & Takuho Kato vs. Yuki Ishikawa & Akira Hyodo
(2) Shinobu & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Fuminori Abe & Kazumi Kikuta
(3) Tatsuhiko Yoshino, Kota Sekifuda, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu, Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki
(4) Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Jaki Numazawa & Kankuro Hoshino
(5) Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Takumi Tsukamoto & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(6) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani

(7) BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Hideki Suzuki vs. [Challenger] Takuya Nomura
~ 2nd title defense.

(8) BJW DeathMatch Heavyweight Championship ~ Fluorescent Light-tubes 4 ROPES + Giga Ladder + Glass Board Death Match: [36th Champion] Masashi Takeda vs. [Challenger] Isami Kodaka
~ 7th title defense.

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

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DDT NEWS

~ The upcoming EXTREME defense on 6/24 was formally announced to be under 3WAY rule. The match will now feature HARASHIMA in a handicap situation as Daisuke aims to further destroy HARASHIMA and bring a belt to DAMNATION. Then the event card was updated for the 6/5 show.

DDT LIVE MajiManji #7, 6/5/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() NO TV Match: Kouki Iwasaki vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani
() Akito & Makoto Oishi vs. Kota Umeda & Daiki Shimomura
() Toru Owashi & Riho vs. Masahiro Takanashi & Saki Akai
() Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko vs. Keisuke Ishii & Antonio Honda
() Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase vs. Mike Bailey & MAO
() HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie w/ Daisuke Sasaki

(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazusada Higuchi vs. [Challengers] Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata
~ 3rd title defense.

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

(-) DDT EXTREME Championship 3WAY Match: [41st Champion] HARASHIMA vs. [Challenger] Soma Takao vs. [Challenger] Daisuke Sasaki
~ 2nd title defense.

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

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

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MICHINOKU NEWS

~ In addition to the previously announced Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match between Rui Hyugaji and Taro Nohashi on June 24 in Sendai. It was also announced that the Sendai Girls World Championship will be in defense as well, as Chihiro Hashimoto defends against DASH Chisako.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Jinsei Shinzaki 25th Anniversary Show”, 6/24/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Sendai City Sun Plaza Hall

(-) Sendai Girls World Championship Match: [7th Champion] Chihiro Hashimoto vs. [Challenger] DASH Chisako

(-) Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [21st Champion] Rui Hyugaji vs. [Challenger] Taro Nohashi
~ 2nd title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/michipro/

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NOAH NEWS

~ The full event cards were announced for the final two shows of the current tour on June 2 & 3. Among the major announcements for the cards is that Sugiura and Marufuji will be teaming in the main event of both shows.

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. with Breeze 2018”, 6/2/2018 [Sat] 17:30 @ Kasumigaura Bunka Gymnasium

() Quiet Storm vs. Junta Miyawaki
() Hi69 & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. HAYATA & YO-HEY
() Muhammad Yone vs. Cody Hall vs. Masao Inoue
() Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
() Kenoh & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Go Shiozaki & Kaito Kiyomiya
() Takashi Sugiura, Naomichi Marufuji & Akitoshi Saito vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Maybach Taniguchi

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. with Breeze 2018”, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ 

() YO-HEY vs. Junta Miyawaki
() Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hi69 vs. Tadasuke
() Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. Cody Hall & Masao Inoue
() Daisuke Harada & HAYATA vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
() Kenoh & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya
() Takashi Sugiura, Naomichi Marufuji & Akitoshi Saito vs. Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Maybach Taniguchi

~ Then the full card was announced for the RATEL’S self-produce show that will be taking place on June 30 at the Shinkiba 1stRING. The show will feature matches around the four teammates and a main event pitting the current GHC Heavy Champion versus the current GHC Junior Champion. Then HAYATA will be teaming with a former fellow Wrestle Gate wrestler in Seiki Yoshioka (SEIKI in WG) as they will be taking on the former SMASH wrestlers in YO-HEY and Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio.

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

(1) Tadasuke vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)
(2) Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Junta Miyawaki
(3) Go Shiozaki vs. Otokozakari (FREE)
(4) HAYATA & Seiki Yoshioka (W-1) vs. YO-HEY & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1)
(5) Hi69 & Yuya Susumu (FREEDOMS) vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
(6) Daisuke Harada vs. Takashi Sugiura

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

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the June 9 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo.

Pro-Wrestling ZERO1, 6/9/2018 [Sat] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Shogun Okamoto, Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura vs. TARU, Takuya Sugawara & Chris Vice
(-) Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
(-) Kohei Sato vs. KAMIKAZE

(-) NWA Light Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [26th Champions] SUGI & Masamune (FREE) vs. [Challengers] Ikuto Hidaka & Fuminori Abe

(-) NWA World Junior & International Junior Double Championship Match: [121st & 21st Champion] Isami Kodaka vs. [Challenger] Shinjiro Otani

(-) Yusaku Obata, Yuko Miyamoto & Hiroshi Yamato vs. Masato Tanaka, Yuji Hino & Hartley Jackson

~ Then it was announced that Masato Tanaka and Yuji Hino will defend the IC Tag belts against Kohei Sato and SUGI on June 24 in Hakata.

ZERO1, 6/24/2018 [Sun] @ Hakata StarLanes in Fukuoka

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

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

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MISC NEWS

~ A-TEAM : Daisuke Ikeda & HASEGAWA were announced to defend the WEW Tag belts against Tomohiko Hashimoto & Nobutaka Moribe on June 10 in Kitasenju. The full event card is as follows…

PRO-WRESTLING A-TEAM, 6/10/2018 [Sun] @ Kitasenju Theater 1010 in Tokyo

(1) ″Fight to try growth”: Toshiaki Terao & Takumi Sakurai vs. Hiroshi Kozakai & Keisuke Okuda
(2) Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Akira Joe vs. Katsunari Toi & Keiichi Sato
(3) WEW Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Raiden vs. [Challenger] Rionne Fujiwara
~ 1st title defense.
(4) WEW Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Daisaku Shimoda vs. [Challenger] Kim Duk
~ 1st title defense.
(5) WEW Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Daisuke Ikeda & HASEGAWA vs. [Challengers] Tomohiko Hashimoto & Nobutaka Moribe
~ 5th title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/a-team

~ Doutonbori : The full event card was announced for the June 10 in Kitasenju and the special Kansai show on June 16 show in Osaka.

Doutonbori, 6/10/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Kitasenju Theater 1010 in Tokyo

(1) Takahiro Bababa vs. Magnitude Kishiwada
(2) Taiyoto Kamen vs. Osamu Suganuma
(3) Yuto Kikuchi vs. MIKAMI
(4) Kazuaki Mihara & Takaku Fuke vs. Kuuga & Minoru Tanaka
(5) Takashi Tachibana vs. Billyken Kid
(6) Masamune, Hiroshi Yaato & Naoshi Sano vs. TORU, Ultimate Spider Jr. & Captain Amemura

Doutonbori “Kansai Pro-Wrestling Collection Ver.2”, 6/16/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

() Ice Ribbon Offer Match:
() DOVE Offer Match: Gunso & Kabuki Kid vs. Yuki Aoki & Kohei Kinoshita
() 3WAY Match: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Shoichi Uchida vs. Osamu Suganuma
() Joshi Match: Rina Yamashita, Makoto & Mari vs. Hibiscus Mii, Maika Ozaki & Totoro-chan
() 3WAY Tag Match: Ultimate Spider Jr. & Takoyakida vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga
() Fuminori Abe vs. Kinryu
() Special 6 Man Tag Match: Masato Tanaka, Billyken Kid & Yuji Hino vs. Magnitude Kishiwada, Shuji Ishikawa & Tsubasa
() Resurrection JOKER 8 Man Tag Match: Kuuga, The Bodyguard, Masamune & Gameras vs. TORU, Kazuaki Mihara, Katsumi Oribe & Shuri Joe

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News Listings for May 11, 2018

BASARA NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the Osaka show on May 20. The main event will feature the new Union MAX Champion Naoki Tanizaki defending against Takumi Tsukamoto.

BASARA, 5/20/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Osaka City Oyodo Community Center

(-) Billyken Kid (FREE) vs. Takato Nakano
(-) Pro-Wrestling Trial: Goma Ryu vs. Hercules Senga vs. (to be announced)
(-) Best Stretch Man V3 & Best Stretchman Amazon vs. Yasu Urano (FREE) & Fuminori Abe
(-) Trans Am ★ Hiroshi & Yusuke Kubo vs. Manabu Hara (FREE) & Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PRO)
(-) Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. FUMA, SAGAT & HUB (FREE)

(-) Union MAX Championship Match: [10th Champion] Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE) vs. [Challenger] Takumi Tsukamoto
~ 1st title defense.

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

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BJW NEWS

~ The full event cards were announced for the May 29 through and June 3 shows.

BJW, 5/29/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Hiroshima Prefectural Industry Hall

(1) Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Yuki Morihiro & Akira Hyodo
(2) Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Kankuro Hoshino
(3) Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(4) Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Takuya Nomura & Yuya Aoki
(5) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta
(6) Fluorescent Light-tube Death Match: Abdullah Kobayashi & Minoru Fujita vs. Masaya Takahashi & Toshiyuki Sakuda

BJW “Pro-Wrestling & Fast Food DROP KICK 4th Anniversary Event”, 5/30/2018 [Wed] 18:30 @ Yamaguchi Hirao-machi Taiikukan

(1) Yuki Ishikawa vs. Akira Hyodo
(2) Kazuki Hashimoto, Takuya Nomura & Yuki Morihiro vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Yuya Aoki & Takuho Kato
(3) Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Rey Paloma vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino, Kota Sekifuda & Kazumi Kikuta
(4) DROP KICK 4th Anniversary Tag Match: Minoru Fujita & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Tsuchiya Crazy & Dragon Warrior w/ Michiko Omukai
(5) Barbed-wire Board Tag Death Match: Abdullah Kobayashi & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Masaya Takahashi & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(6) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani

BJW, 5/31/2018 [Thu] 18:30 @ Kagoshima Oro City Hall

(1) Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Yuki Ishikawa
(2) Yuya Aoki & Akira Hyodo vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda & Yuki Morihiro
(3) Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(4) Fluorescent Light-tube Death Match: Minoru Fujita & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Masaya Takahashi
(5) Ryuichi Kawakami & Takuho Kato vs. Kazumi Kikuta & Takuya Nomura
(6) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani

BJW, 6/1/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Kumamoto Mori Toshin Plaza

(1) Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Yuki Morihiro & Akira Hyodo
(2) Kankuro Hoshino & Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue
(3) Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuya Aoki vs. Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue
(4) Car Parts Bunk House Tag Death Match: Abdullah Kobayashi & Minoru Fujita vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(5) Barbed-wire Board Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda & Jaki Numazawa vs. Masaya Takahashi & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(6) Ryuichi Kawakami, Yoshihisa Uto & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Takuya Nomura

BJW, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 14:00 @ B-con Plaza in Oita

(1) Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda vs. Takuho Kato & Akira Hyodo
(2) Matsue Dandan Pro Offer Match: Matsue Deluxe & Great Kakura vs. Mystery Koyamoto & kozzy
(3) Great Kojika & Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(4) JITOMARU Mask, Kazumi Kikuta & Tsugataka Sato (W-1) vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Yuya Aoki & Yuki Ishikawa
(5) Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Yoshihisa Uto & Takuya Nomura
(6) Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Ryuichi Kawakami
(7) Fluorescent Light-tube Death Match: Abdullah Kobayashi, Minoru Fujita & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Jaki Numazawa, Masaya Takahashi & Toshiyuki Sakuda

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

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DNA NEWS

~ Part of the card was formally announced for the June 3 show in Shinjuku. As Naomi Yoshimura takes on Yuki Ueno, Kouki Iwasaki faces off against Ryota Nakatsu, the big man Yuki Iino makes his return from injury against Kota Umeda, and Choun Shiryu and Rekka begin their path as a allies and not adversaries.

DNA 45, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinjuku Village Studio in Tokyo

(-) Great China Alliance vs New Beijing Pro!: Choun Shiryu & Rekka vs. (to be announced)
(-) Iino’s Return Match: Kota Umeda vs. Yuki Iino
(-) Kouki Iwasaki vs. Ryota Nakatsu [BASARA]
(-) Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yuki Ueno

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/dna

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on May 24.

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS “F☆Spirit! 2018”, 5/24/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Kenichiro Arai (DG) & Dragon Libre vs. Chikara (Riki Enterprise) & Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PRO)
(-) Hardcore Match: Kamui vs. Gunso
(-) Yuya Susumu & Masamune (FREE) vs. ‘brother’ YASSHI & Minoru Fujita (both FREE)
(-) Death Match: GENTARO vs. FUMA (BASARA)
(-) Death Match: Masashi Takeda (FREE), Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Takashi Sasaki, Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Tomoya Hirata

(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka
~ 12th title defense.

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

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KAI PRODUCE NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for KAI’s self-produce charity show on July 7 in Yokohama. The main event will feature KAI taking on Shingo Takagi in a dream match.

1st Yokohama Children Hospice Charity Pro-Wrestling, 7/7/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

(1) Super Unique Showdown: Black Tiger VII vs. (to be announced)
(2) Jiu Jitsu Jacket Match: Hikaru Sato vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto
(3) Bodybuilder vs Sumo Superhuman Strength Showdown: The Bodyguard vs. Shogun Okamoto
(4) Demon Mask vs Gifu Stallion Boxing Rules: Kendo Kashin vs. Rocky Kawamura
(5) BACK TO NEW YORK: MEN’S Teioh vs. TAJIRI
(6) Raise Spirit! Wrong Way! Dream Granted: KAI vs. Shingo Takagi

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/kai

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MICHINOKU NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the June 15 show in Tokyo.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Michinoku 2018 Tokyo Vol. 3 ~Kikikaikai~”, 6/15/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Joshi Pro Super Fight: Yapperman #3 vs. Hiroe Nagahama
(2) Michinoku vs ZERO1 Young War Vol. 3: Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura vs. Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura
(3) Michinoku Pro-Wrestling 25th Anniversary Special Match: Jinsei Shinzaki, Dick Togo & Ultimo Dragon vs. Numajiro Kesen, Hayate & GAINA
(4) Kenbai’s Return Match: Taro Nohashi, Kenbai, Rasse, Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2 vs. Rui Hyugaji, Manjimaru, Ken45°, Kengo & Ayumu Honda
(5) The Great Sasuke Alliance vs Brahman Brothers Alliance ~ Mascara Contra Cabellera 2/3 Fall Match: The Great Sasuke, Mini Master, Gorgeous Matsuno & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Ultraman Robin & Abdullah Kobayashi

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/michipro/

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TOKYO GURENTAI NEWS

~ The Tokyo IC Tag belts were announced to be in defense on July 17 as MAZADA & FUJITA defend against Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka. Shinya Aoki was also announced to compete on the show.

Tokyo Gurentai “Tokyo LOVE VIII”, 7/17/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. KAMINARI

(-) Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [7th Champions] MAZADA & FUJITA vs. [Challengers] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka

(-) Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki vs. [Challenger] Kaz Hayashi
~ 6th title defense.

~ Also announced to be competing: NOSAWA Rongai, Rey Wagner, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Kendo Kashin, Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato, Rocky Kawamura, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Takatoshi Matsumoto, Takuya Kai & Shinya Aoki

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

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ A couple more matches were announced for the June 3 show in Susukino.

Pro-Wrestling ZERO1, 6/3/2018 [Sun] @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido

(-) Shinjiro Otani, Kohei Sato & Towa Iwasaki vs. TARU, KAMIKAZE & Hartley Jackson
(-) SUGI vs. Ikuto Hidaka

(-) World Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Yusaku Obata vs. [Challenger] Masato Tanaka

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News Listings for May 7, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ The event cards were updated for the May 24 show at the Korakuen Hall and May 31 at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

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

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DRAGON GATE NEWS

~ 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.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/dragon-gate/

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FORTUNE DREAM NEWS

~ 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)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/fortune-dream/

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MICHINOKU NEWS

~ 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:

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/michipro/

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NJPW NEWS

~ 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

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/24/2018 [Thu] 18:00 @ Shiga Prefectural Gymnasium

() 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

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/29/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Tochigi City Sogo Undokoen Taiikukan

() 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

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/31/2018 [Thu] 18:30 @ Hachinohe City Higashi Taiikukan

() 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.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/njpw/

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NOAH NEWS

~ The full event cards were updated for the May 21 through May 29 shows.

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

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TOKYO GURENTAI NEWS

~ 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

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

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ 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

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 TRIUMPH, 5/27/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Kasumigaura Bunka Taiikukan

(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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Michinoku results for April 14, 2018

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Tokyo Show Vol. 2 ~ The time has come”, 4/14/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
360 Spectators (overcrowded)

~ Kenbai appeared and announced that he will be returning to competition for the June 15 at the Korakuen Hall. Then the promotion announced their return to Shinkiba to be on July 7.

(1) Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura vs. Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura (both ZERO1)
◆Winner: Osera (6:59) with a Single Leg Crab on Kitamura.
(2) Yapperman #3 vs. Riho (Gatoh Move)
◆Winner: DRAW (10:00) Time Expired.
(3) The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei vs. Manjimaru, Ken45° & Ayumu Gunji
◆Winner: Gunji (17:24) over Kei, following a missed weapon strike from Sasuke.
~ Issues continue to arise between Sasuke and The Brahman Bros.
(4) Numajiro Kesen & Rasse vs. Rui Hyugaji & Kengo (FREE)
◆Winner: Rasse (16:11) via foul, Hyugaji ripped Rasse’s mask.

(5) Tohoku & UWA World Tag Double Championship Match: [25th & 24th Champions] GAINA & Taro Nohashi vs. [Challengers] Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2
◆Winner: GAINA (19:27) with a Diving Piggyback Press on Yapper #1.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ After the match, “AvidRival” Misaki Ohata and Ryo Mizunami came forward to challenge the champions.

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Upcoming…

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Jinsei Shinzaki 25th Anniversary Show”, 6/24/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Sendai City Sun Plaza Hall

(-) Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [21st Champion] Rui Hyugaji vs. [Challenger] Taro Nohashi
~ 2nd title defense.

News Listings for March 19, 2018

AJPW NEWS

All Japan’s digital video distribution service has gone live on AJPW TV. Currently they only have events throughout the year of 2017, but the main highlight will be the big Saitama show on the 25th being free with the service. There is an English option at the top to translate all the information and you will also need to put in your preferred payment, either paypal or credit card, method to watch this months videos. You will not be charged until April which that month will include all of the “2018 Champion Carnival” with a handful being watchable live as they happen.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/ajpw/

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DDT NEWS

~ DDT announced that due to the request of the Ryogoku Kokugikan comittee that the previously scheduled street fight was canceled. The match will be taking place under the 5WAY setting, but with the added inclusion of the loser having undergo an anal blast (a rocket fired out of their butt cheeks).

DDT “Judgment 2018 ~ DDT 21st Anniversary Show”, 3/25/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

(0) Dark Match: Kouki Iwasaki & Shinichiro Tominaga vs. Kenshin Chikano & Akira Joe
(0) Dark Match: Yuka Sakasaki & Shoko Nakajima vs. Tatsumi Rika & Maho Kurone
(0) Dark Match: Mizuki Watase, Daiki Shimomura, Nobuhiro Shimatani & Takato Nakano vs. Mad Paulie, Hoshitango, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Gota Ihashi & Cherry

() Gauntlet Match: LiLiCo & Makoto Oishi, Reika Saika & Lady Beard, Akito & Shunma Katsumata, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Ethan Page, Naomi Yoshimura & Keisuke Okuda
() Tokyo Joshi Offer 6 Lady Tag Match: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Ito & Mizuki vs. Saki-sama,Yoshiko-sama & Azusa Christie

() World #1 Craziest Wrestler in DDT Decision Match Joey Ryan vs. Colt “Boom Boom” Cabana

() Ironman Heavy Metalweight Championship Match: [Champion] Super Sasadango Machine vs. [challenger] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio

() Dramatic Dream Match: Great Muta, Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Danshoku Dieno, Keisuke Ishii & Ken Ohka

() Weapon Rumble 5WAY Tag Loser Anal Blast Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa vs. Mike Bailey & MAO vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Soma Takao vs. Isami Kodaka & Fuminori Abe vs. Michael Nakazawa & Chinsuke Nakamura

() KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [Champions] KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. [Challengers] Kota Umeda, Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda

() KO-D Tag Championship Match: [62nd Champions] HARASHIMA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. [Challengers] Kazusada Higuchi & Daisuke Sekimoto
~ 6th title defense.

() KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [61st Champion] Konosuke Takeshita vs. [Challenger] Shuji Ishikawa
~ 11th title defense.

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ It was announced that Kenji Fukimoto was unable to best Violento Jack to capture the FREEDOM WORLD belt, though the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on March 22 will still see Fukimoto taking on Takeda in a death match. The full event card for the show looks as follows…

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, “THE Gekokujo 2018”, 3/22/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(0) Trainee vs. (to be announced)
(1) Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(2) Kamui vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO
(3) Yuya Susumu & Masamune vs. Minoru Fujita & Chikara
(4) GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai vs. Gunso & ‘brother’ YASSHI

(5) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Mr. Gannosuke & Yuko Miyamoto
~ 10th title defense.

(6) FREEDOMS vs BASARA Fluorescent Light-tubes + TLC Death Match: Jun Kasai, Takashi Sasaki & Daisuke Masaoka vs. FUMA, (to be announced) & (to be announced)

(7) 4 corner of Pain + Alpha Death Match: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Masashi Takeda

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K-DOJO NEWS

~ Following the outcome of the Shinkiba 1stRING show on Sunday, the headlining title matches were announced for the Korakuen Hall show in April.

KAIENTAI DOJO 16th Anniversary Show CLUB-K SUPER evolution 16, 4/22/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) Aizu Trainee Debut Match: (to be determined)
(-) Kagoshima Trainee Debut Match: Ayame Sasamura vs. Kagoshima

(-) UWA World Middleweight Championship Match: [66th Champion] Masamune vs. [Challenger] Shiori Asahi
~ 1st title defense.

(-) STRONGEST-K TAG Championship Match: [36th Champions] Tank Nagai & Isami Kodaka vs. [Challengers] Kengo Mashimo & Kunio Toshima
~ 3rd title defense.

(-) CHAMPION OF STRONGEST-K Match: [25th Champion] Taishi Takizawa vs. [Challenger] Ayato Yoshida

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MICHIPRO NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the April 14 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING. The main event will see the new Double Crown Tag Champions in GAINA and Nohashi defending against the Yappers.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Tokyo Show Vol. 2 ~ The time has come”, 4/14/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura vs. Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura (both ZERO1)
(2) Yapperman #3 vs. Riho (Gatoh Move)
(3) The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei vs. Manjimaru, Ken45° & Ayumu Gunji
(4) Numajiro Kesen & Rasse vs. Rui Hyugaji & Kengo
(5) Tohoku & UWA World Tag Double Championship Match: [25th & 24th Champions] GAINA & Taro Nohashi vs. [Challengers] Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2
~ 1st title defense.

~ Then it was made official that Rui Hyugaji will be defending the Tohoku Jr. belt against Taro Nohashi on June 24 in Sendai.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Jinsei Shinzaki 25th Anniversary Show”, 6/24/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Sendai City Sun Plaza Hall

(-) Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [21st Champion] Rui Hyugaji vs. [Challenger] Taro Nohashi
~ 2nd title defense.

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NJPW NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the March 21 show, which will see the final match of the NEW JAPAN CUP.

NJPW “New Japan Cup 2018” 3/21/18 [Wed] 15:00 @ Ao-re Nagaoka in Niigata

(1) Shota Umino vs Tetsuhiro Yagi
(2) Tomoyuki Oka vs Taichi
(3) Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & Toa Henare vs Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tanga Loa
(4) Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
(5) Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
(6) Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi vs Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
(7) Kazuchika Okada & Chuckie T vs Kota Ibushi & Chase Owens

(8) New Japan Cup Finals Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Zack Sabre Jr.

~ Then the full event card was announced for the next LION’S GATE show on April 10 at the Shinjuku FACE. The main event will see the recently returned from injury Ayato Yoshida will team with his fellow K-DOJO teammate in GO Asakawa to take on Yuji Nagata and Shota Umino. Then Tenzan and Nakanishi will team to take on the BAD BOY Michinoku team of Manjimaru and Ken45°.  Vetern “Mr. Senton” Hiro Saito will make his return to the New Japan ring as he teams with Gedo to take on Tiger Mask and Tetsuhiro Yagi.

~ Then two new rookies will be making their debut’s on the show with Yota Tsuji 辻陽太 and Yuya Uemura 上村優也 .
Yota’s stats : 182cm, 91kg, born on September 8, 1993 from Yokohama, Kanagawa. He began training in the New Japan Dojo on April 2017 and has a history in American Football, Taekwondo, and Baseball.
Then Yuya Uemura is 180cm and weighs in at 82kg, from Imabari, Ehime. He also began training in the New Japan Dojo in April of 2017. He has a history in Greco-Roman and won championships and awards at the 71kg class.

LION’S GATE PROJECT 11, 4/10/18 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(1) Yuya Uemura Debut Match: Ren Narita vs. Yuya Uemura
(2) Tsuji Yota Debut Match: Tomoyuki Oka vs. Tsuji Yota
(3) Tiger Mask & Tetsuhiro Yagi vs. Hiro Saito & Gedo
(4) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Manjimaru & Ken45° (both Michinoku Pro)
(5) Yuji Nagata & Shota Umino vs. Ayato Yoshida & GO Asakawa (both K-DOJO)

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/02/njpw-event-cards-for-march-april-2018/

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ A couple matches were announced for the Saitama show on March 28.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 TRANS MAGIC, 3/28/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Sayama City Shimin Koryu Center in Saitama

(-) Seiki Yoshioka, Daiki Inaba & Takanori Ito vs. Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & Ryuji Hijikata (FREE)
(-) Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. Manabu Soya & Ganseki Tanaka

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Michinoku results for March 16, 17 & 18

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 3/16/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Hachinohe City Hachishoku Center, Kuriya Hall in Aomori
226 Spectators

(1) Yasutaka Osera vs. Koju Takeda (666)
◆Winner: Koju (7:13) following a Ebisu-Otoshi.
(2) Ken45° vs. Koji Kawamura
◆Winner: Ken45° (7:13) with a Modified Texas Clover Hold.
(3) Ultimo Dragon, Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2 vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Dragon (15:07) with a La Magistral on Kei.
(4) Rui Hyugaji & Ayumu Gunji vs. Manjimaru & Kengo
◆Winner: Double Ring Out (9:00)
(5) Hachinohe Special ~ Daichi Sasaki Mexico Send-Off Match Vol. 1: Daichi Sasaki, Dick Togo & Rasse vs. Numajiro Kesen, GAINA & Taro Nohashi
◆Winner: Daichi (16:39) with a German Suplex Hold on Kesen.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 3/17/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Yahaba Chomin Sogo Taiikukan in Iwate
717 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Yasutaka Osera vs. Koju Takeda (666)
◆Winner: Osera (4:47) with a Single Leg Crab.
(2) Ayumu Gunji vs. Koji Kawamura
◆Winner: Gunji (4:00) following a Face Crusher.
(3) Yapperman #1, Yapperman #2 & Nougyo Boy Raito vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Yapper #2 (9:08) with a Backslide on Sasuke.
(4) Jinsei Shinzaki, Dick Togo & Ultimo Dragon vs. Numajiro Kesen, GAINA & Rasse
◆Winner: Dragon (12:25) with a Dragon Sleeper on Rasse.
(5) Daichi Sasaki Mexico Send-Off Match Vol. 2: Daichi Sasaki & Taro Nohashi vs. Manjimaru & Ken45°
◆Winner: Ken45° (10:29) with the BARONESS on Daichi.

(6) Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [21st Champion] Rui Hyugaji vs. [Challenger] Kengo
◆Winner: Hyugaji (22:26) with a Diving Elbow Drop.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ Hyugaji called for a united front between SUPER STARS (Rui & Gunji) and BAD BOY (Manji, Ken45 & Kengo). An agreement was made between the two teams.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 3/18/2018 [Sun] 14:00 @ Sendai City, Izumi Ward, Sendai Hills Hotel Michinoku Hall in Miyagi
500 Spectators (overcrowded)

(1) Koji Kawamura vs. Koju Takeda (666)
◆Winner: Koju (6:44) with a German Suplex Hold.
(2) Jinsei Shinzaki, Numajiro Kesen & Rasse vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Rasse (16:14) over Sasuke, following a mistaken suitcase strike from the Brahman’s.
~ Issues appear to be blooming between Sasuke and the Brahman Brothers.
(3) Yapperman #1, Yapperman #2 & Yasutaka Osera vs. Manjimaru, Ken45° & Kengo
◆Winner: Kengo (11:38) following a Diving Foot Stomp on Osera.
(4) Daichi Sasaki Mexico Send-Off Match Vol. 3: Daichi Sasaki vs. Dick Togo
◆Winner: Togo (18:39) following a Diving Senton.
~ Togo stated that he expects a lot of Daichi as the rookie prepares to head to Mexico and begin a new chapter of his career. Togo mentioned that Daichi’s name means “ground” and that he expects him to come back and be a true foundation for the promotion in the future.
~ Daichi thanked Togo for the match and the fans for the support. He stated that he intends to return stronger both physically and mentally.

(5) Tohoku & UWA World Tag Double Championship Match: [24th & 23rd Champions] Rui Hyugaji & Ayumu Gunji vs. [Challengers] GAINA & Taro Nohashi
◆Winner: Nohashi (26:23) following the Gyakuuchi on Gunji.
~ GAINA & Nohashi become the 25th & 24th champions.
~ GAINA & Nohashi came in at 199kg to qualify to challenge for the tag belts, GAINA at 129kg and Nohashi at 70kg. (Weight limit is 200kg for the Tohoku Tag belts)
~ Nohashi was announced as the next challenge against Rui Hyugaji for the Tohoku Jr. belt. The match will take place on 6/24 at Shinzaki’s 25th anniversary show.
~ During the backstage interview, The Yappermen made the challenge for the tag belts.

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News Listings for March 16, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ All Japan announced their new streaming service will be providing the Saitama show on 3/25 as well as all of the “2018 Champion Carnival” events.
~ The service will cost 900 yen ($8.49) a month and will be view-able on PC, smarthphone, and tablets.
~ Enrollment for the service will begin on March 19 and all shows provided this month will be offered free of charge. Which includes the big Saitama show on the 25th. Then April will come with the first monthly charge. Which includes the entirety of the “Champion Carnival” shows.

~ The full event cards were announced for the remainder of the “Champion Carnival” tour. April 16 through April 29, the April 30 show remains unannounced due to the setup of the finals of the league. The following shows will be shown live on AJPW TV: 4/7, 4/15, 4/20, 4/21, 4/22, 4/25, 4/29 & 4/30.

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/02/ajpw-event-cards-for-march-april-2018/

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DDT NEWS

~ It was announced that Miyamoto will be defending the EXTREME belt against Mike Bailey on April 1 at the Korakuen Hall.

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 Owaschi vs. (to be announced)

(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [40th Champion] Yuko Miyamoto vs. [Challenger] Mike Bailey
~ 2nd title defense.

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HEAT-UP NEWS

~ Kenichiro Arai & Hide Kubota were announced to be defending the HEAT-UP Universal Tag belts against the winners of the “Powerful Tag Tournament 2018” Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo & Daichi Kazato on May 5.

Pro-Wrestling HEAT-UP “Gotemba Kodomo Teikoku”, 5/5/2018 [Sat] 12:30 @ Gotemba Shimin-Kan, Small Hall in Shizuoka

(-) HEAT-UP Universal Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Kenichiro Arai & Hide Kubota vs. [Challengers] Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo & Daichi Kazato
~ 3rd title defense.

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

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MICHINOKU NEWS

~ An update on Fujita Jr Hayato as he just underwent a successful surgery due to repair a ligament rupture to his left knee. He will begin rehabilitation and there is currently no time frame for when he will be able to return to the ring.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/michipro/

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NOAH NEWS

It was officially announced that Taiji Ishimori has become a freelance wrestler effective today, March 12.

After spending the last 12 years competing in the Pro-Wrestling NOAH ring, 10 of which as an official member of the roster, Ishimori has decided it is time for himself to step away and take a new step in his career. During his time in NOAH, Ishimori has achieved much success in being a multi-time former junior singles (3 times) and tag champion (6 times) and even capturing the record for most defenses with the singles belt at 10 in total. He even just recently held the X-Division belt in Impact Wrestling.

Ishimori mentioned that during his recent time in Impact that he was reunited with KENTA, now Hideo Itami in the WWE, and one thing that he took from their meeting is that there is still much for him to do. This has led to him wanting to take his career into his own hands and try new things. Ishimori stated that he is thankful to all the NOAH fans, staff, and wrestlers for their support throughout the years and he even wished all the best to his now former tag team partner Hi69.

Ishimori mentioned that he has received offers from an overseas promotion, but before he would accept an offer he believes there are somethings he can still accomplish while in Japan. Though his ultimate goal though is that of a “global expansion”.

Masayuki Uchida stated that he thankful for all that Ishimori has done for NOAH throughout the years and contributing to the recent revival of the promotion. He is respectful of Ishimori’s wishes and acknowledged that the door would be open for him to compete in the NOAH ring again, if he so desires.

Update #1: Apparently Ogawa has made his intention known that he wants to vacate the GHC Jr. Tag belts following Ishimori’s announcement. (Of course it is now on the GHC committee on where they honor this request or not.)

Ogawa stated that he is not in favor of the situation as he does not feel like he has personally earned the belt with Ishimori’s intention following the loss. Ogawa said that he is sorry to his partner Minoru Tanaka for his current decision, but that he is just not in favor of holding the belt given Ishimori’s now obvious prior decision to quit NOAH.

Update #2: President Masayuki Uchida announced that the GHC committee will honor Ogawa’s request to return the GHC Jr. Tag belts. This follows after Minoru Tanaka also accepted Ogawa’s request.

Update #3 : Then following these changes it was announced that tag tournament will be taking place on April 14 & 15 to crown the new champions. Currently no teams have been announced at this time.

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Toshiaki Kawada Produce NEWS

Toshiaki Kawada announced that he will be hosting a self-produce show on April 26 at the Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo.

No matches were announced for the show at this time, but he mentioned that there will be at least 6 in total. As for some names involved he mentioned Shiro Koshinaka, Naomichi Marufuji, and Tamon Honda as a few he wishes to see compete. If there happens to be fan support for this show he would like to hold them regularly at least once every 2 months.

Kawada stated that he not be able to compete due to the injuries building over the years, but that he has stayed connected to the business through guest commentary and public events. He has visited several promotions throughout the last several years and wishes to try his hand at showing his own concept for a combined pro-wrestling event.

Toshiaki Kawada Produce Show “HOLY WAR ~ prologue ~”, 4/26/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

The latest W-1 TV is up which features highlights from the 3/14 show at the Korakuen Hall. Ashino vs. Soya, Mutoh’s “Final Moonsault”, and the finals of the CRUISER FES.

~ The full event card was announced for the March 17 show, as Shotaro Ashino will be unable to compete due to a sprained lumbar.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 TRANS MAGIC, 3/17/2018 [Sat] 17:30 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

(1) Ganseki Tanaka (ACE) vs. Masayuki Mitomi (EPW)
(2) Tsugataka Sato vs. Jun Tonsho (ACE)
(3) 3WAY : Kaz Hayashi vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Seiki Yoshioka
(4) Yusuke Kodama & Drunk Andy vs. MAZADA & FUJITA (both Gurentai)
(5) Seiki Yoshioka & Hiroshi Yamato vs. Alejandro & Andy Wu
(6) Daiki Inaba, Koji doi, Kumagoro & Takanori Ito vs. Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kono & NOSAWA Rongai (Gurentai)

~ The a couple matches were announced for the ACE show on April 1. Hajime will be unable to compete after being diagnosed with a fractured jawbone after the March 10 show.

Pro-Wrestling A.C.E. Vol. 11, 4/1/2018 [Sun] @ GEN Sports Palace, W-1 Dojo in Tokyo

() Takumi Baba vs. Shoki Kitamura (ZERO1)
() Jun Tonsho & Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA) vs. Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani (both DNA)

~ It was announced that Seiki Yoshioka will be defending the W-1 Cruiserweight belt against Alejandro 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 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Alejandro
~ 4th title defense.

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News Listings for February 20, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ The event cards were announced for the March 16 & 18 shows. Among the highlights are that Yusuke Okada will be taking on Black Tiger VII in a singles match before the special 6 man tag match in Saitama.

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/02/ajpw-event-cards-for-march-april-2018/

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BASARA NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the March 3 show at the Seijo Hall.

BASARA, 3/3/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Seijo Hall in Tokyo

() Daichi Kazato & Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo (HEAT-UP) vs. Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP) & Daiki Shimomura
() Gyakuten Pro-Wrestling Trial: (Defense) Goma Ryu vs. (Prosecutor) Hercules Senga (FREE) vs. (Suspect) Sanshiro Takagi (DDT)
() Ryuichi Sekine & Yuji Hino (FREE) vs. Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA)
() Hardcore 6 Man Match: FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT vs. Takumi Tsukamoto, Masashi Takeda (FREE) & Yasu Urano (FREE)
() Ryota Nakatsu vs. Manabu Hara (FREE)
() Trans Am ★ Ryuichi (BJW) vs. Fuminori Abe

() Union MAX Championship Match: [9th Champion] Isami Kodaka vs. [Challenger] Tsutomu Oosugi (FREE)
~ 4th title defense.

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

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MICHIPRO NEWS

~ The full event cards were announced for the Match 16, 17 & 18 shows, the later two of which will feature their title belts defended in the main events.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 3/16/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Hachinohe City Hachishoku Center, Kuriya Hall in Aomori

(1) Yasutaka Osera vs. Koju Takeda (666)
(2) Ken45° vs. Koji Kawamura
(3) Ultimo Dragon, Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2 vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(4) Rui Hyugaji & Ayumu Gunji vs. Manjimaru & Kengo
(5) Hachinohe Special ~ Daichi Sasaki Mexico Send-Off Match Vol. 1: Daichi Sasaki, Dick Togo & Rasse vs. Numajiro Kesen, GAINA & Taro Nohashi

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 3/17/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Yahaba Chomin Sogo Taiikukan in Iwate

(1) Yasutaka Osera vs. Koju Takeda (666)
(2) Ayumu Gunji vs. Koji Kawamura
(3) Yapperman #1, Yapperman #2 & Nougyo Boy Raito vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(4) Jinsei Shinzaki, Dick Togo & Ultimo Dragon vs. Numajiro Kesen, GAINA & Rasse
(5) Daichi Sasaki Mexico Send-Off Match Vol. 2: Daichi Sasaki & Taro Nohashi vs. Manjimaru & Ken45°

(6) Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Rui Hyugaji vs. [Challenger] Kengo

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 3/18/2018 [Sun] 14:00 @ Sendai City, Izumi Ward, Sendai Hills Hotel Michinoku Hall in Miyagi

(1) Koji Kawamura vs. Koju Takeda (666)
(2) Jinsei Shinzaki, Numajiro Kesen & Rasse vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(3) Yapperman #1, Yapperman #2 & Yasutaka Osera vs. Manjimaru, Ken45° & Kengo
(4) Daichi Sasaki Mexico Send-Off Match Vol. 3: Daichi Sasaki vs. Dick Togo

(5) Tohoku & UWA World Tag Double Championship Match: [Champions] Rui Hyugaji & Ayumu Gunji vs. [Challengers] GAINA & Taro Nohashi

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/michipro/

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NJPW NEWS

http://puroresuspirit.net/2017/11/njpw-event-cards-for-january-february-2018/

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/02/njpw-event-cards-for-march-april-2018/

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NOAH NEWS

~ The matches were announced for this years “GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2018”. This years league is set to begin on March 18 and will run until the final match which is set to take place on March 31 at the Korakuen Hall. The full event cards can be found on through the event card listings.

~ The full event cards were also announced for the 3/3 & 3/4 shows.

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/02/noah-event-cards-for-march-april-2018/

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RJPW NEWS

~ The First Tiger Mask announced that Dos Caras and Dos Caras Jr. (Guillermo Rodriguez) will be competing on the March 29 show at the Korakuen Hall. They will be taking part in a lucha libre rules 6 man tag match, 2/3 Fall – 45 mins).

Then it was also announced that a “World Masked Championship Series” will be held in June and it will feature 12 wrestlers from all over the world. No further details were released at this time.

Real Japan Pro-Wrestling, 3/29/2018 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) Lucha Libre Real Japan Style 6 Man Tag Match: Dos Caras, Dos Caras Jr. & X vs. El Perro del Aquita (?), Ray Angel (?) & X

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

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

Keiji Mutoh announced that he will be undergoing knee surgery in March and because of that he will be hosting a special 8 man tag match on the March 14 show. Mutoh will be teaming with Ryota Hama, SUSHI & Kazushi Miyamoto to take on Masayuki Kono, Hiroshi Yamato, Yasufumi Nakanoue & KAI. Mutoh announced that he is bringing together several of his students from his All Japan era including those who have moved on to other promotions. The match will also see Hiroshi Yamato make his return after being out of action due to a neck injury in 2016.

As for his knee surgery, he mentioned that his daily life has been impacted more so as of late and he feels it is time to undergo extensive surgery on both of his knees. He mentioned that he may no longer be able to execute a Moonsault Press once he has an artificial joint put into place. So this match in March could every well be his last chance to execute one of his signature techniques. (Side note: Great Muta will be competing on the DDT show on 3/25.) As for when he thinks he will be able to to return he was not able to announce a time frame. He acknowledged that his strength has decreased as he has gotten older, but that he does plan to continue wrestling once he has undergone a successful rehabilitation.

Below is the announced event card at this time…

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 TRANS MAGIC, 3/14/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) 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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Michinoku results for February 17 & 18, 2018

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling Tokyo Vol. 1 ~ Zouhan-Yuri, 2/17/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
360 Spectators (overcrowded/sold out)

(1) Yasutaka Osera vs. Koji Kawamura
◆Winner: Osera (6:39) with a Small Package.
(2) Numajiro Kesen vs. Rasse
◆Winner: Kesen (8:42) following the Kesen’numa-Otoshi.
(3) Yapperman #1, Yapperman #2 & Yapperman #3 vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Sasuke (9:10) with a Chicken Wing Face Lock on Yapper #2.
(4) Manjimaru vs. Ayumu Gunji
◆Winner: Manjimaru (:29) following the Manji-Otoshi.
(5) Rui Hyugaji vs. Daichi Sasaki
◆Winner: Hyugaji (15:21) following a Diving Elbow Drop.
(6) GAINA & Taro Nohashi vs. Ken45° & Kengo
◆Winner: Nohashi (12:58) via pin-fall on Ken45°.

 

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 2/18/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Osaka City Ikuno Kumin Center
418 Spectators (overcrowded/sold out)

(1) Yasutaka Osera vs. Koji Kawamura
◆Winner: Osera (7:15) with a Boston Crab.
(2) Numajiro Kesen & Rasse vs. Ken45° & Eisa 8 (Okinawa)
◆Winner: Ken45° (10:07) with a La Magistral on Rasse.
(3) Yapperman #1, Yapperman #2 & Yapperman #3 vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Sasuke (12:59) with a Wakigatame on Yapper #2.
(4) Dick Togo, Tsubasa & Goa vs. GAINA, Taro Nohashi & Daichi Sasaki
◆Winner: Togo (15:15) following a Diving Senton on Daichi.
(5) Rui Hyugaji & Ayumu Gunji vs. Manjimaru & Kengo
◆Winner: Kengo (15:15) with a Frog Splash on Gunji.

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Upcoming…

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 3/17/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Yahaba Chomin Sogo Taiikukan in Iwate

() Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Rui Hyugaji vs. [Challenger] Kengo

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, 3/18/2018 [Sun] 14:00 @ Sendai City, Izumi Ward, Sendai Hills Hotel Michinoku Hall in Miyagi

() Tohoku & UWA World Tag Double Championship Match: [Champions] Rui Hyugaji & Ayumu Gunji vs. [Challengers] GAINA & Taro Nohashi

News Listings for February 2, 2018

AJPW NEWS

It has been made official that Ryoji Sai will be teaming with Naoya Nomura to challenge Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata for the vacant Asia Tag belts.

The belts were made vacant after Yuma Aoyagi suffered a right ankle injury on the January 25 show against Ryoji Sai. Following the match, Sai made it known that he wants to challenge for the tag belts, to join his recent acquisition of the Asia Heavyweight belt. With Akiyama and Nagata already being determined as the next challengers for the belt, and not much left to build before the big show in Yokohama, Nomura took it upon himself to nominate Sai to be his partner in the match. Which today the PWF committee has approved the match to happen as the 104th champions shall be crowned in the match.

Below is the currently announced card for tomorrow’s show…

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT BLUES SPECIAL”, 2/3/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa

(1) The Road to Jr. BATTLE OF GLORY Special 8 Man Tag Match: Koji Iwamoto, Kotaro Suzuki (FREE), Hikaru Sato & Yohei Nakajima vs. Atsushi Maruyama, Yusuke Okada, Shuji Kondo (WRESTLE-1) & Keiichi Sato (FREE)
(2) Masanobu Fuchi & SUSHI (FREE) vs. Ultimo Dragon & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (FREE)
(3) Zeus, The Bodyguard & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Osamu Nishimura, Black Tiger VII (FREE) & Masakado (LAND’S END)

(4) Asia Tag Championship Decision Match: Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata (NJPW) vs. Naoya Nomura & Ryoji Sai (LAND’S END)
~ Winners become the 104th champions

(5) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [46th Champion] TAJIRI (FREE) vs. [Challenger] Atsushi Aoki
~ 4th title defense.

(6) World Tag Championship Match: [78th Champions] Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa (FREE) vs. [Challengers] Kento Miyahara & Yoshitatsu (FREE)
~ 1st title defense.

(7) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Joe Doering vs. [Challenger] KAI (FREE)
~ 3rd title defense.

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BJW NEWS

~ Shinobu will be defending the Junior belt against on February 27 at the Korakuen Hall. The challenger will be determined between Kota Sekifuda and Fuminori Abe on February 7 at Shinkiba 1stRING.

BJW, 2/7/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Takuho Kato
(2) Yuichi Taniguchi & Frank Atsushi vs. Kikutaro & Masaki Morihiro
(3) Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki vs. Kankuro Hoshino & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
(4) Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Yoshihisa Uto
(5) Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Takuya Nomura vs. Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Kazumi Kikuta
(6) BJW Junior Next Challenger Match: Kota Sekifuda vs. Fuminori Abe
(7) Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Jaki Numazawa & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito & Ryuichi Sekine

BJW, 2/27/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [1st Champion] Shinobu vs. [Challenger] (winner of 2/7 match)
~ 6th title defense.

(-) BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Daichi Hashimoto vs. [Challenger] Yasufumi Nakanoue
~ 2nd title defense.

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DDT NEWS

~ Full event cards for the February 3 and 4 shows…

DDT Pro-Wrestling “Dramatic Nerima The Fighter 2018”, 2/3/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Nerima Coconeri Hall in Tokyo

() Ken Ohka vs. Gota Ihashi
() Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase
() Joey Ryan & Samara vs. Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata
() Yukio Sakaguchi, Masahiro Takanashi & Kota Umeda vs. Yuki Ueno, Koju Takeda & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() HARASHIMA & Soma Takao vs. Kazusada Higuchi & MAO
() Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Toru Owashi, Keiuske Ishii & Makoto Oishi
() Nerima Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki vs. Danshoku Dieno

() DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [Champion] Yuko Miyamoto vs. [Challenger] KUDO

DDT Pro-Wrestling, 2/4/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Yamada Green Dome Maebashi in Gunma

() Shunma Katsumata vs. Daiki Shimomura
() Danshoku Dieno, Keisuke Ishii & Mizuki Watase vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
() Antonio Honda vs. Makoto Oishi
() KUDO & Kota Umeda vs. MAO & Yuki Ueno
() HARASHIMA & Soma Takao vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki
() 3WAY Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Joey Ryan & Samara
()

~ Matches were announced for the February 10 and 12 shows…

DDT “Yokohama Twilight 2018 – Kiseragi”, 2/10/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

() Akito, Rekka & Samara vs. Kikutaro, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata
() Danshoku Dieno & Keisuke Ishii vs. Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie
() Shuten-Doji vs BASARA: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Ryota Nakatsu & Fuminori Abe
() Road to KO-D! Special Tag Match in Hama: Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo

DDT “Tsuyuhashi Again in Nagoya 2018”, 2/12/2018 [Mon] 17:00 @ Nagoya City Tsuyuhashi Sports Center in Aichi

() Naomi Yoshimura & Keisuke Okuda vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ueno
() #1 in DDT – Danshoku Battle: HARASHIMA vs. Mizuki Watase
() Road to KO-D! Nagoya Special Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Paulie

~ It was announced that the BASARA team of Ryuichi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Fuminori Abe will be challenging for the KO-D 6 Tag belts on February 25.

DDT “Into The Fight 2018”, 2/25/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [Champions] KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. [Challengers] Ryuichi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Fuminori Abe

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NOAH NEWS

~ Following today’s show at the Korakuen Hall, all the titles were announced to be defended at the Yokohama show on March 11.

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2018 in YOKOHAMA”, 3/11/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa

() GHC Jr. Heavy Tag Championship Match: [32nd Champions] Taiji Ishimori & Hi69 vs. [Challengers] Yoshinari Ogawa & Minoru Tanaka
~ 1st title defense.
() GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [36th Champion] Daisuke Harada vs. [Challenger] HAYATA
~ 4th title defense.
() GHC Tag Championship Match: [41st Champions] Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. [Challengers] Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya
~ 3rd title defense.
() GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [30th Champion] Kenoh vs. [Challenger] Takashi Sugiura
~ 3rd title defense.

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the February 4 show as the UWA 6 Tag belts will be in defense.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 W-IMPACT, 2/4/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Yume Messe Miyagi

(1) Andy Wu & Alejandro vs. Yusuke Kodama & Drunk Andy
(2) Shotaro Ashino & Seigo Tachibana vs. Manabu Soya & Ganseki Tanaka
(3) Cassandra Miyagi vs. Ami Sato
(4) Seiki Yoshioka, Daiki Inaba & Tsugataka Sato vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio, Aizawa #1 & Masayuki Mitomi
(5) Kaz Hayashi vs. NOSAWA Rongai

(6) UWA World 6 Tag Championship Match: [61st Champions] Koji Doi, Kumagoro & Takanori Ito vs. [Challengers] Masayuki Kono, Shuji Kondo & MAZADA
~ 4th title defense.

~ Then it was announced that Manabu Soya will be reuniting with AKIRA to take on Shotaro Ashino & Seigo Tachibana on the February 14 show at the Korakuen Hall. AKIRA aims to make Soya find his former self as the former champion has found himself in a major slump as of late.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 W-IMPACT, 2/14/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Tsugataka Sato vs. Masayuki Mitomi
() Daiki Inaba, Seiki Yoshioka, Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kono, NOSAWA Rongai & FUJITA
() Shotaro Ashino & Seigo Tachibana vs. Manabu Soya & AKIRA

(-) WRESTLE-1 CRUISER FES 2018 1st Round: Drunk Andy vs. Andy Wu
(-) WRESTLE-1 CRUISER FES 2018 1st Round: Ryuji Hijikata vs. Kaz Hayashi
(-) WRESTLE-1 CRUISER FES 2018 1st Round: Yusuke Kodama vs. Alejandro
(-) WRESTLE-1 CRUISER FES 2018 1st Round: Kenshin Chikano vs. MAZADA

() Hana Kimura & Saori Anno vs. Natsumi Manki & Mika Iwata

() WRESTLE-1 Result Championship Match: [4th Champion] Takanori Ito vs. [Challenger] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
~ 4th title defense.

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~ Then with the announcement that Satoshi Kojima is out with knee injury he has been pulled for the upcoming MASTERS show on February 16. W-1 has yet to announce a replacement, but that they will be announced soon.

PRO-WRESTLING MASTERS, 2/16/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) FIRST MASTERS Special Single Match: Takuma Sano vs. Hisakatsu Oya
(2) MASTER of THE MASKMAN: Ultra Seven & Shiryu vs. Black Tiger V & Black Tiger VII
(3) Fujiwara-gumi vs FMW MASTERS 6 Man Tag Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Yoshiki Takahashi & Takaku Fuke vs. Ricky Fuji, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hidei Hosaka
(4) Heisei Ishingun vs AJP MASTERS Special 6 Man Tag Match: Shiro Koshinaka, Masashi Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito vs. Great Kojika, Tiger Toguchi & Mitsuo Momota

(5) Main Event Pro-Wrestling Masters vs TEAM 2000 Special 8 Man Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Jushin Thunder Liger & Keiji Mutoh vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, (tba), Hiro Saito & AKIRA w/ Masahiro Chono

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/masters

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ Then it was made official that Yusaku Obata will be defending the World Heavyweight belt against Isami Kodaka on February 12 at the Korakuen Hall. It was also decided that Shogun Okamoto & Yutaka Yoshie will defend the IC Tag belt against the team of TARU & Hartley Jackson as well on the show.

ZERO1, 2/12/2018 [Mon] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Shoki Kitamura’s Debut Match: Towa Iwasaki vs. Shoki Kitamura
() Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. KAMIKAZE
() Shinjiro Otani, SUGI, Manabu Hara & Shoji Fukushima vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Sean Guinness, Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Sugawara
() Masato Tanaka & Yuji Hino vs. Kohei Sato & Yuko Miyamoto

() NWA Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [37th Champions] Shogun Okamoto & Yutaka Yoshie vs. [Challengers] TARU & Hartley Jackson
~ 1st title defense.

() World Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Yusaku Obata vs. [Challenger] Isami Kodaka

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MISC NEWS

~ Kyushu Pro : Kazuaki Mihara vs. Hitamaru Sasaki for the Kyushu Championship belt was announced to be held on March 4 at the Kasuga City Sogo Sports Center in Fukuoka.

~ Michinoku : It was announced that Dick Togo will be able to return from illness on February 18 in Osaka.

~ QUINTET : Kazushi Sakuraba announced that he will be hosting a special grappling event on April 11 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. The event will feature team based matches with some specific rules. Teams may weight no more than 430kg combined, 10 minute bouts, unless there is a weight difference of 20kg or more in which the bouts will be contested in 5 mins. Josh Barnett, Hideo Tokoro, Daisuke Nakamura & Marcos Souza were announced to compete at the event.

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News Listings for January 26, 2018

AJPW NEWS

It was announced that Yuma Aoyagi has suffered a fracture to his right ankle on January 25 and that he will need surgery to treat the injury. At this time All Japan has not vacated the tag belts from Aoyagi and Naoya Nomura, but it was acknowledged to be a likely possibility.

Ryoji Sai, who defeated Aoyagi on the 1/25 show with an Achilles tendon hold, stated that he intends to challenge for the Asia Tag belts either one way or another. Sai just started a new reign as the All Asia Heavyweight Champion and stated that he intends to become the All Asia Tag Champion as well.

The January 27 show has also been updated to reflect upon Aoyagi’s absence.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “Okoshi Special Charity Hatoyama-cho Show”, 1/27/2018 [Sat] 16:00 @ Hatoyama-cho Chuo Komikan in Saitama

() Atsushi Aoki vs. Yusuke Okada
() Jun Akiyama vs. Weekday Mask
() Ryuji Hijikata (FREE) vs. Keiichi Sato (FREE)
() Naoya Nomura vs. Yohei Nakajima
() Zeus vs. Hikaru Sato
() Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa & El Hijo Del Hatoyama vs. Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu & Koji Iwamoto

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BASARA NEWS

~ The first round matches were announced for the “IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT”.

☆ FUMA & SAGAT
☆ Trans Am ★ Ryuichi & Yusuke Kubo
☆ Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu
☆ Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano
☆ Best Stretch Man V3 & Tsutomu Oosugi
☆ Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa
☆ Manabu Hara & Fuminori Abe
☆ Isami Kodaka & Yoshihisa Uto

BARARA “IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 2018”, 2/11/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Oji Basement MON☆STAR in Tokyo

() IRON FIST TAG 2018 First Round: Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu
() IRON FIST TAG 2018 First Round: Trans Am ★ Ryuichi & Yusuke Kubo vs. Manabu Hara & Fuminori Abe
() IRON FIST TAG 2018 First Round: FUMA & SAGAT vs. Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa
() IRON FIST TAG 2018 First Round: Isami Kodaka & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Best Stretch Man V3 & Tsutomu Oosugi

BARARA “IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 2018”, 2/19/2018 [Mon] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() IRON FIST TAG 2018 Semi-final:
() IRON FIST TAG 2018 Semi-final:
() IRON FIST TAG 2018 Final Match:

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BJW NEWS

~ The Ikkitousen was announced to be held from March 11 in Hakata through April 15 in Sapporo.

~ The full event card was announced for the February 7 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

BJW, 2/7/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Takuho Kato
(2) Yuichi Taniguchi & Frank Atsushi vs. Kikutaro & Masaki Morihiro
(3) Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki vs. Kankuro Hoshino & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
(4) Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Yoshihisa Uto
(5) Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Takuya Nomura vs. Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Kazumi Kikuta
(6) BJW Junior Next Challenger Match: Kota Sekifuda vs. Fuminori Abe
(7) Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Jaki Numazawa & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito & Ryuichi Sekine

~ Then Daichi Hashimoto will be defending the World Strong belt against Yasufumi Nakanoue on February 27 at Korakuen Hall.

BJW, 2/27/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Daichi Hashimoto vs. [Challenger] Yasufumi Nakanoue
~ 2nd title defense.

~ Due to Nakanoue become the next contender for the belt the January 28 show was changed as well.

BJW “Death Market 42”, 1/28/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Nagoya Diamond Hall in Aichi

(1) Yuichi Taniguchi vs Takuho Kato
(2) Kazuki Hashkmoto & Masaki Morihiro vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(3) Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga & Yuya Aoki vs. Shu Brahman, Kei Brahman & Takuya Nomura
(4) Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Yoshihisa Uto
(5) Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue & Ryota Hama
(6) New Year 10 Man Tag Special Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka, Kankuro Hoshino & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito, Jaki Numazawa, Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki

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DNA NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the February 14 show at the Shinjuku FACE.

DNA 41 ~ Valentine Special!, 2/14/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Young & Fresh 6 Man Tag Match: Nobuhiro Shimatani, Joji Otani (GUTS) & Rising HAYATO (Ehime Pro) vs. Daiki Shimomura, Yasutaka Osera (MichiPro) & Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS)
() We Are The World! We Wish For World Peace Through Pro-Wrestling: Rekka & Choun Shiryu (New Beijing) vs. Baliyan Akki (India) & Konaka = Pale One (666)
() Rival Story Chapter 2: Yuki Ueno vs. Koju Takeda

() DNA Army vs Naomi Kingdom Showdown Single Match: MAO vs. Akira Joh
() DNA Army vs Naomi Kingdom Showdown Single Match: Kouki Iwasaki vs. Keisuke Okuda
() DNA Army vs Naomi Kingdom Showdown Single Match: Kota Umeda vs. Naomi Yoshimura

() DNA vs Junior Stars! Special Tag Match: Shunma Katsumata & Mizuki Watase vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka

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DRADITION NEWS

~ It was announced that two will shows will be held in Apri. With April 20 taking place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and April 21 at the Osaka Nanko ATC Hall. Tatsumi Fujinami noted that this year marks the 40th anniversary for when he very first title with the WWWF Junior Heavy belt and his life was then forever changed. He then announced that his former rival and friend Bob Backlund would be coming from USA to compete on the shows.

DRADITION 2018 – BACK TO THE NEW YORK TOUR IN TOKYO, 4/20/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

DRADITION 2018 – BACK TO THE NEW YORK TOUR IN TOKYO, 4/20/2018 [Sat] 16:00 @ Osaka Nanko ATC Hall, C Hall

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/dradition

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the February 8 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo.

FREEDOMS “FREEDOM Valentine 2018”, 2/8/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Kamui vs. Mr. Gannosuke
() KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Gunso
() Yuya Susumu vs. Chikara
() Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Tomoya Hirata vs. Takashi Sasaki, Gurukun Mask & Dragon Libre
() GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai vs. Masashi Takeda & Minoru Fujita
() Death Match: Daisuke Masaoka & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto

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NJPW NEWS

~ Satoshi Kojima was announced to have suffered an left knee ACL rupture and will be out of action for what looks to be a good part of this year. Manabu Nakanishi was then announced to replace him on an upcoming scheduled matches.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/njpw/

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MICHINOKU PRO NEWS

~ Adding to the week of illness/injuries, Dick Togo was announced to be out of action due to suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. He will be out of action until the bacterial can be expelled from his system which is expected to be in early to mid-February.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/michipro/

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the January 28 show in Saitama. As the UWA 6 Tag belts were once more announced to main event as Doi, Kumagoro & Ito take on the veteran trio of Hayashi, Kondo & NOSAWA.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SUNRISE, 1/28/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama

(1) Jun Tonsho vs. Masayuki Mitomi (Ehime Pro)
(2) Andy Wu & Alejandro vs. Yusuke Kodama & Drunk Andy
(3) Seiki Yoshioka vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Ganseki Tanaka
(4) Shotaro Ashino & Seigo Tachibana vs. Manabu Soya & Tsugataka Sato
(5) Masayuki Kono vs. Daiki Inaba

(6) UWA World 6 Tag Championship Match: [61st Champions] Koji Doi, Kumagoro & Takanori Ito vs. [Challengers] Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & NOSAWA Rongai
~ 3rd title defense.

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~ The full event card has now been announced for the upcoming MASTERS show on February 16. The Heisei Ishingun team of Shiro Koshinaka, Masashi Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito were announced to take on the former All Japan trio of Great Kojika, Tiger Toguchi & Mitsuo Momota, then a special Fujiwara-gumi vs. FMW 6 man tag match and Takuma Sano versus Hisakatsu Oya were announced.

PRO-WRESTLING MASTERS, 2/16/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) FIRST MASTERS Special Single Match: Takuma Sano vs. Hisakatsu Oya
(2) MASTER of THE MASKMAN: Ultra Seven & Shiryu vs. Black Tiger V & Black Tiger VII
(3) Fujiwara-gumi vs FMW MASTERS 6 Man Tag Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Yoshiki Takahashi & Takaku Fuke vs. Ricky Fuji, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hidei Hosaka
(4) Heisei Ishingun vs AJP MASTERS Special 6 Man Tag Match: Shiro Koshinaka, Masashi Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito vs. Great Kojika, Tiger Toguchi & Mitsuo Momota

(5) Main Event Pro-Wrestling Masters vs TEAM 2000 Special 8 Man Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Jushin Thunder Liger & Keiji Mutoh vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Hiro Saito & AKIRA w/ Masahiro Chono

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