GUTS World THE FINAL ~Bukotsu-shuen (Unrefined Demise)~, 4/15/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo 600 Spectators (overcrowded)
(1) GUTS vs HEAT-UP: Joji Otani & Keito Murota vs. Daisuke Kanehira & Tetsuya Izuchi
◆Winner: Joji (7:37) with a Arm Capture style Northern Lights Suplex Hold on Izuchi.
(2) 8 Person Throughout GUTS History Tag Match: Drake Morimatsu, Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP) & Liang Ping vs. Naoshi Sano (FREE), Shinobu (666), CHANGO (FREE) & Papillon Akemi (Deluxe Beppin)
◆Winner: Shinobu (8:07) with a Manjigatame on Ping.
(3) IWA Army Final Battle?: Buffalo (Makai) & YUJI KITO (ASUKA PRO) vs. Keizo Matsuda (Free) & Kuishinbo Kamen (FREE)
◆Winner: Matsuda (10:46) following a Lariaton KITO.
(4) Special Single Match: Masao Orihara (Mobius) vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda (FREE)
◆Winner: Orihara (10:50) following a Complete Shot.
(5) GWC Tag Championship Match: [15th Champions] TORU (Doutonbori) & Fuminori Abe (BASARA) vs. [Challengers] Shota & Kenichiro Arai
◆Winner: Shota (14:43) with a Small Package Hold on TORU.
~ Champions fall on their 3rd title defense. Shota & Kenichiro Arai become the 16th champions.
(6) Mr. Gannosuke’s Retirement Match: Mr. Gannosuke & Michio Kageyama (Team Dera) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (DRADITION) & Hiro Saito (FREE)
◆Winner: Fujinami (16:41) with the Hiryuhadakajime (Dragon Sleeper Hold) on Gannosuke. ~ Gannosuke and Fujinami shook hands after the match, as a singles match was hinted, but Gannosuke stated that his career is officially over today. He thanked Fujinami for giving him this opportunity today. He thanked all the fans for their support for over the last 27 years.
(7) GWC Single Championship Match: [13th Champion] Guts Ishijima vs. [Challenger] Masked Mystery
◆Winner: Ishijima (19:19) following a Swinging Facebuster.
~ 3rd successful title defense. ~ Then with the win, Ishijima sealed the belt away as the last and final defend GWC champion. He thanked everyone for coming out today and then welcomes out Gannosuke to send him off with a retirement ceremony.
~ Wrestlers from Ice ribbon, FREEDOMS, and many other promotions came out to greet Gannosuke and offer their thanks for his time in the ring.
~ Gannosuke noted his start in FMW and working closely with now late friend Hayabusa and wished he could have been here today. Gannosuke stated that he will return to his home in Kumamoto, but that he will look to support the local promotions there. He mentioned that he retired once before, but this time it is different. He feels that he can finally close this chapter on his career and on a positive not.
~ He closed out by saying that he hopes everyone continues to support for the now former GUTS wrestlers as they will be continuing their careers going forward as freelance wrestlers.
FREEDOMS “GW no Shuyaku wa Oeda! 2018”, 4/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 281 Spectators
(0) Hayatada Miki vs. Chikara
◆Winner: No Winner (7:00)
(1) Special Opening 6 Man Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Kamui vs. Takashi Sasaki, Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata
◆Winner: Takashi (8:48) with a Shonan Gorudo Clutch on Toru. ~ Takashi put forth the challenge for of the KoF Tag belts on the Korakuen Hall show on May 2, as Toru accepted. (2) Kenichiro Arai (DG) vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)
◆Winner: Arai (5:55) with a School Boy.
(3) Yuya Susumu & Masamune (FREE) vs. Gunso (DOVE) & ‘brother’ YASSHI (FREE)
◆Winner: Susumu (9:24) via foul, YASSHI with a chair.
(4) Barbed-wire Board & Gadget Board Tag Death Match: Kenji Fukimoto & Minoru Fujita (FREE) vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA (both BASARA)
◆Winner: Fukimoto (11:12) following a Package Piledriver on FUMA.
(5) GENTARO vs. Mr. Gannosuke (GUTS)
◆Winner: GENTARO (22:28) with the Ashikiwame Kubigatame.
(6) Fluorescent Light-tubes + Alpha Death Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Jun Kasai & Masashi Takeda (FREE)
◆Winner: Masaoka (17:14) with a La Magistral on Kasai. ~ Following the loss, Kasai called out for a singles match against Masaoka.
FREEDOMS “We love FREEDOMS! We are FREEDOMS! 2018”, 5/2/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(0) Exhibition Match: Hayatada Miki vs. Trainee K
() Opening Special Brass Knuckle Street Fight Match: GENTARO vs. Gunso
() Chikara, Tomoya Hirata & Dragon Libre vs. Mitsuo Momota, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Masamune
() Hardcore Match: Kamui vs. Minoru Fujita
(-) UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Yuya Susumu vs. [Challenger] ‘brother’ YASSHI
~ 6th title defense.
(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Takashi Sasaki & Gurukun Mask
~ 11th title defense.
(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [9th Champion] Violento Jack vs. [Challenger] Masashi Takeda
~ 3rd title defense.
ZERO1 “15th Annual Dedication Pro-Wrestling”, 4/8/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo 1,032 Spectators
(1) KAMIKAZE vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
◆Winner: KAMIKAZE (7:01) with a Backslide.
(2) ZERO1 vs Michinoku: Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura vs. Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura (both Michinoku)
◆Winner: Iwasaki (8:57) with a Boston Crab on Kawamura.
(3) TARU & Hartley Jackson vs. Shogun Okamoto (FREE) & Mitsuo Momota (Riki Enterprise)
◆Winner: Momota (9:52) via ring out on TARU.
(4) NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [29th Champion] Super Tiger (RJPW) vs. [Challenger] Chris Vice
◆Winner: Vice (12:41) following a Package Piledriver.
~ Vice becomes the 30th champion.
(5) Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku) & Mr. Gannosuke (GUTS) vs. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
◆Winner: Shinzaki (15:29) with the Gokurakugatame on Takaiwa.
(6) Ikuto Hidaka, Takuya Sugawara & Sean Guinness vs. Jason Lee (FREE), SUGI & Shoji Fukushima
◆Winner: Sugawara (16:44) following the Shisanputa on Fukushima.
(7) Kohei Sato vs. Yuji Hino (FREE)
◆Winner: Hino (12:27) following the Fucking BOMB.
(8) Yusaku Obata & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Masato Tanaka & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
◆Winner: Obata (15:56) following a Lionsault style Knee Drop on Tanaka. ~ Following the match, Hartley Jackson and Chris Vice appeared in the ring, as Hartley confronted the World Champion Obata before their match on April 22 .
Drake Morimatsu Produce “GUTS World vol. 116 Osaka Final”, 4/1/2018 [Sun] 12:30 @ Osaka Shiritsu Miyakojima Kumin Center 331 Spectators (crowded)
(1) Masked Mystery vs. Keito Murota
◆Winner: Mystery (7:22) following a Diving Elbow Drop.
(2) Drake Morimatsu & Drake Takai vs. Kuishinbo Kamen & Papillon Akemi
◆Winner: Takai (7:22) following the Drake Bomber on Akemi.
(3) Joji Otani & Fuminori Abe (BASARA) vs. Michio Kageyama (Team Dera) & CHANGO (FREE)
◆Winner: Joji (12:49) with an Arm Capture style Northern Lights Suplex Hold on CHANGO.
(4) Buffalo (Makai) vs. YUJI KITO (ASUKA PRO)
◆Winner: KITO (10:18) with the Samson Clutch.
(5) Special Tag Match: Drake Morimatsu & Takako Inoue vs. Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru & Hibiscus Mii
◆Winner: Takako (1:00) with a School Girl on Ranmaru
~ Rematch
◆Winner: Ranmaru (-) over Morimatsu.
~ Rematch
◆Winner: Morimatsu (5:48) with the Drake Driver on Ranmaru.
(6) GUTS Ishijima, Kenichiro Arai & TORU vs. Mr. Gannosuke, Keizo Matsuda & Shota
◆Winner: Ishijima (18:44) following a Facebuster on Matsuda.
Mr. Gannosuke Produce ~ Kishindo Returns Final, 3/27/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 314 Spectators (overcrowded)
(1) Papillon Akemi vs. Makoto (FREE)
◆Winner: Makoto (6:18) with a Japanese Leg Roll Clutch.
(2) Manabu Hara (FREE) vs. Fuminori Abe (BASARA)
◆Winner: Hara (8:08) via TKO, following a Right High Kick.
(3) Shota (GUTS World) vs. Antonio Honda (DDT/FREE)
◆Winner: Honda (12:48) following a Diving Fist Drop.
(4) Mineo Fujita (Chinko) vs. Kei Brahman (FREE)
◆Winner: Mineo (13:39) following a Swanton Bomb.
(5) Buffalo (Makai) vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1)
◆Winner: Kuroshio (12:38) with the Ikemen Clutch.
(6) Kenichiro Arai (DG) vs. Yasu Urano (FREE)
◆Winner: Arai (17:31) following a Jumping Piledriver.
(7) Mr. Gannosuke (GUTS World) & Hayabucha (SWS) vs. Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Isami Kodaka (BASARA)
◆Winner: Miyamoto (20:22) following a Fire Thunder on Gannosuke.
~ Gannosuke stated that he gives the rights of “Kishindo” to Yuko Miyamoto, as his former student and now his successor.
~ Gannosuke thanked everyone for competing today on his final produce show, funny bit where he revealed Hayabucha as DDT’s HARASHIMA, though Hayabucha tried to deny it. Though Haybucha stated that he was just a big fan of Hayabusa and thanked Gannosuke for giving him a platform to show it.
~ Gannosuke stated that there are only a handful of matches left for him to still compete before his official retirement on GUTS World’s final show on April 15.
Ice Ribbon 3/25/18 [Sun] 11:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Karen DATE vs Asahi
♦Winner: Karen (7:17) with the Yoga Flamingo Lock
(2) Nao DATE & Julia vs Hana DATE & Mai Mizuochi
♦Winner: Hana (9:03) with a Cross Armbar on Julia
(3) Hardcore Tag Match: Mr. Gannosuke & Mochi Miyagi vs Minoru Tanaka & Akane Fujita
♦Winner: Gannosuke (12:26) with the Nenbutsu Powerbomb on Fujita
(4) 6-Woman Tag Tournament 1st Round Match: Saori Annou, Tae Honma & Maika Ozaki vs Tequila Saya, Uno Matsuya & Satsuki Totoro
♦Winner: Ozaki (8:39) with a Diving Senton on Saya
(5) 3WAY Match: Tsukushi vs Kyuri vs Maruko Nagasaki
♦Winner: Tsukushi (5:28) with the Harukaze
~ With the win, Tsukushi earns the right to be one of the challengers in Hideki Suzuki’s next defense of the Triangle Ribbon Championship.
(6) International Ribbon Tag Championship Match: [42nd Champions] Risa Sera & Maya Yukihi vs [Challengers] Tsukasa Fujimoto & Hamuko Hoshi
♦Winner: Yukihi (18:36) with the Swanton Bomb
~ 2nd successful defense
(7) ICE×∞ Championship Match: [25th Champion] Kurumi Hiiragi vs [Challenger] Miyako Matsumoto
♦Winner: Matsumoto (19:28) with the Gannosuke Clutch
~ Champion falls on her 2nd defense. Miyako Matsumoto becomes the 26th champion.
~ Karen DATE issued a challenge to Matsumoto for the title. That match will take place on 4/8 at KFC Hall.
Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, “THE Gekokujo 2018”, 3/22/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(0) Trainee M vs. GENTARO
◆Winner: GENTARO (1-0)
(1) Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (both FREE)
◆Winner: Kei (7:28) with the Full Body Dissatisfaction on Hirata. (2) Kamui vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)
◆Winner: KAZMA (6:55) with a Michinoku Driver II onto a chair. (3) Yuya Susumu & Masamune (FREE) vs. Minoru Fujita (FREE) & Chikara (Riki Enterprise)
◆Winner: Masamune (8:06) with the Honebami on Chikara. (4) GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai (DG) vs. Gunso (DOVE) & ‘brother’ YASSHI (FREE)
◆Winner: No Contest (10:04) After GENTARO was bleeding profusely and attacked his own partner Arai in the confusion.
(5) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Mr. Gannosuke (GUTS) & Yuko Miyamoto (666)
◆Winner: Mammoth (13:18) with a Falcon Arrow on Gannosuke.
~ Mammoth G Bombers with their 10th successful title defense.
(6) FREEDOMS vs BASARA Fluorescent Light-tubes + TLC Death Match: Jun Kasai, Takashi Sasaki & Daisuke Masaoka vs. FUMA, Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine
◆Winner: Kasai (15:28) following a Vertical Drop style Reverse Tiger Driver on FUMA. ~ FUMA declared that this is not over yet, the war is just beginning, though Kasai and Takashi stated that their win today meant otherwise.
(7) 4 corner of Pain + Alpha Death Match: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Masashi Takeda (FREE)
◆Winner: Takeda (15:28) following the Megaraba with a saw to the throat. ~ Violento Jack appeared after the match and attacked Takeda and then he took out Fukimoto with a Package Piledriver.
~ Jack asserted himself as the reigning and defending champion.
~ The shocker then came as Daisuke Masaoka aligned himself with Jack. Jack then declared that this is war against anyone who opposes them.
~ This lead to the rest of the FREEDOMS roster to come out and question Masaoka’s actions.
[Akebono Update] It was acknowledged publicly that Akebono has been battling with Acute heart failure and has been confined to hospital care for nearly this last year.
Akebono last competed for DDT in April of last year which lead to him going to the hospital due to continued pain in his chest. It was also mentioned that Akebono has dropped from 210 kilos down to 150 kilos. He has been undergoing rehab with his wife and two sons by his side throughout the ordeal. His health had deteriorated so bad that it was not until October that he was able to begin rehabilitation.
Akebono stated that he wishes to go home as soon as possible, especially given that come next month he will be in the hospital for a year. At this time he still struggles on not being able to stand and is confined to a wheel chair. His goal is to first to continue to regain his strength so that he can be able to tackle the normal functions of an every day life.
AJPW NEWS
The full event card was announced for the “Champion Carnival” kick-off show on April 7, as a new rookie will be making his official debut as well.
That rookie being Kazuki Ebina who will be maing his pro debut for the promotion on April 7 in his hometown of Sendai. Ebina was born May, 30, 1990 and hails from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. His current stats list him at 177cm and that he currently weighs in at 95kg. His sports background is in basketball with his in-ring idol being Kenta Kobashi. Ebina got his start in the All Japan Dojo back on July 2, 2017 and is seeing a 9 month turn around for his now debut as a member of the roster.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Champion Carnival”, 4/7/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Miyagi
() Kazuki Ebina’s Debut Match: Atsushi Aoki vs. Kazuki Ebina
() Koji Iwamoto, Atsushi Maruyama, Yohei Nakajima & CarBell Ito vs. Hikaru Sato, Yusuke Okada, Josh Bodom & Aizawa #1
() Joe Doering, Takuya Nomura, Yoshitatsu & KAI vs. Takao Omori, Rtoji Sai, The Bodyguard & Yutaka Yoshie
() Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 30th Anniversary Special Single Match: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Ultimo Dragon
() Carnival B Block Match: Jun Akiyama vs. Dylan James
() Carnival B Block Match: Suwama vs. Zeus
() Carnival A Block Match: Shuji Ishikawa vs. Yuji Hino
() Carnival A Block Match: Kento Miyahara vs. Shingo Takagi
~ Then full event card was announced for the March 21 show at the Korakuen Hall.
BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~”, 3/21/2018 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Takuho Kato vs. Fuminori Abe
(2) Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Shinobu, Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(3) Ryuji Ito, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(4) 6 Man Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto & Jaki Numazawa vs. Ryuichi Sekine, Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto
(5) Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(6) Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazuki Hashimoto
(7) Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Hideki Suzuki vs. Yoshihisa Uto
(8) Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Takuya Nomura vs. Yuya Aoki
(9) Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Ryota Hama vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue
~ Then Daisuke Sekimoto was announced to be taking on Dick Togo in a special singles match on April 22 in Osaka.
BJW “Osaka Surprise 36 ~ Tetsujin Densho”, 4/22/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Osaka City Asahi Kumin Center
() Special Single Match: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Dicko Togo (Michinoku)
~ It was announced that Rekka will be taking on Choun Shiryu in a special singles match. This match joins the 2nd round matches of the on-going “SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT”.
DNA 43, 4/5/2018 [Thu] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: MAO & Rising HAYATO vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Akira Joe
() SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: Kouki Iwasaki & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda
~ Matches were announced for the Yasukuni Shrine show on April 8 as Super Tiger was announced to defend the UN Heavy belt against Chris Vice and Jinsei Shinzaki & Mr. Gannosuke were announced to be teaming to take on the team of Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa. This will be the last time Gannosuke and Shinzaki team together as Gannosuke will retire the following week at GUTS final show on April 15.
ZERO1 “15th Annual Dedication Pro-Wrestling”, 4/8/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
() Jason Lee, SUGI & Shoji Fukushima vs. Ikuto Hidaka, Takuya Sugawara & Sean Guinness
() TARU & Hartley Jackson vs. Shogun Okamoto & Mitsuo Momota
() NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Super Tiger vs. [Challenger] Chris Vice
() Kohei Sato vs. Yuji Hino
() Yusaku Obata & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Masato Tanaka & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
() Jinsei Shinzaki & Mr. Gannosuke vs. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
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Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS “This is our era 2018”, 3/1/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) Dragon Libre vs. Tomoya Hirata
◆Winner: Libre (10:55) with a Modified Triangle Hold. (2) Yuya Susumu & Masamune (FREE) vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Masamune (9:27) with a Japanese Leg Roll Clutch on Kei. (3) Minoru Fujita (FREE) vs. Chikara (RikiEnterprise)
◆Winner: Fujita (7:50) with a Samson Clutch. (4) Masashi Takeda (FREE) & Gunso (DOVE) vs. Mr. Gannosuke (GUTS) & Kamui
◆Winner: Takeda (13:45) following the Reverse U-Crash on Kamui.
(5) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai
◆Winner: Mammoth (19:05) with a Gannosuke Clutch on GENTARO.
~ 9th successful title defense. ~ It was announced that Mr. Gannosuke and Yuko Miyamoto will be challenging for the belts on March 22 at the Korakuen Hall.
(6) Scramble Bunkhouse + Fluorescent Light-tube Death Match: Takashi Sasaki & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto
◆Winner: Takashi (16:21) following the Migi-ashi on Fukimoto with a fluorescent light-tube. ~ BASARA’s FUMA appeared and declared that he plans to invade FREEDOMS.
~ Takeda vs. Fukimoto was announced to take place on 3/22.
~ Though Fukimoto is still to compete in DTU Mexico for the FREEDOM World belt on March 17.
Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 3/11/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Hirano Kumin Hall in Osaka
() GENTARO & Chikara vs. Yuya Susumu & Dragon Libre
() Takashi Sasaki & Dyna Mido vs. Masamune & Idea
() Tomoya Hirata vs. Masashi Takeda
() Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Kamui vs. ‘brother’ YASSHI, Naoki Tanizaki & Kouhei Kinoshita
() Jun Kasai & Gunso vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
() 4 Corners of Pain Death Match: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Daisuke Masaoka
Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, “THE Gekokujo 2018”, 3/22/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai vs. Gunso & ‘brother’ YASSHI
() KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] Mr. Gannosuke & Yuko Miyamoto
~ 10th title defense.
() Death Match: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Masashi Takeda
FREEDOMS “FREEDOM Valentine 2018”, 2/8/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 227 Spectators
(1) Kamui vs. Mr. Gannosuke (GUTS World)
◆Winner: Gannosuke (10:37) with a Gannosuke Clutch.
(2) KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE) vs. Gunso (DOVE)
◆Winner: No Contest (8:12)
(3) Yuya Susumu vs. Chikara (RikiEnterprise)
◆Winner: Susumu (9:05) with a Calf Lock.
(4) Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Tomoya Hirata vs. Takashi Sasaki, Gurukun Mask (Ryukyu Dragon) & Dragon Libre
◆Winner: Hirata (16:20) following a Spine Buster on Libre.
(5) GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai (DG) vs. Masashi Takeda (FREE) & Minoru Fujita (Gurentai)
◆Winner: GENTARO (12:57) with a Ground Cobra Twist on Fujita.
(6) Fluorescent Light-tube + TLC Tag Death Match: Daisuke Masaoka & Yuko Miyamoto (666) vs. Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto
◆Winner: Fukimoto (17:13) following a Package Piledriver on Masaoka, onto fluorescent lights. ~ Fukimoto with the win, as he maintains momentum heading into his match against Violento Jack for the King of Freedom belt on March 17 in Mexico (DTU).
GUTS World vol. 115 ~ Shinkiba Bukotsu Shuen, 2/3/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 263 Spectators (crowded)
(1) 2018 First Fight: Keito Murota vs. Amigo Suzuki (FREE)
◆Winner: Amigo (6:35) with a Camel Clutch.
(2) Moushi vs Indie Shokunin: Buffalo (Makai) vs. Taro Yamada (666)
◆Winner: Buffalo (10:28) following a Backdrop.
(3) TECHNICAL WAR: Shota vs. CHANGO (FREE)
◆Winner: CHANGO (11:45) with the Flytrap.
(4) Chotoha Tag vs IWA Neppa-gun: Masao Orihara (Mobius) & Masked Mystery vs. Keizo Matsuda (FREE) & YUJI KITO (ASUKA PROJECT)
◆Winner: Mystery (12:05) following a Choke Slam on KITO. ~ After the match, KITO did not accept Matsuda’s request for help as he pushed him away and left the ring.
(5) Special Single Match: Mr. Gannosuke vs. Kenichiro Arai
◆Winner: Gannosuke (14:47) with a Gannosuke Clutch. ~ Respect was shown between the two after the match, as Arai thanked Gannosuke for being present when he first got his start tryout to be a pro-wrestler back in 1991.
(6) GWC Tag Championship Match: [15th Champions] TORU (Doutonbori) & Fuminori Abe (BASARA) vs. [Challengers] Tetsuhiro Kuroda (FREE) & Joji Otani
◆Winner: TORU (22:02) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster on Joji.
~ 2nd successful title defense.
(7) GWC Single Championship Match: [13th Champion] Guts Ishijima vs. [Challenger] Daisuke Kanehira (HEAT-UP)
◆Winner: Ishijima (12:42) following a Facebuster.
~ 2nd successful title defense. ~ Ishijima stated that he looks forward to challenging Kanehira once more in the future, after Ishijima is freelance. Potentially in HEAT-UP.
~ Ishijima thanked everyone for coming out today as he hopes everyone continues their support as they head into their two final shows on April 1 and April 15.
Don Arakawa has passed away at the age of 71 back on December 1.
A veteran of NJPW, having debuted back in July of 1972, Arakawa would mainly compete as a junior heavyweight and he even became coach within the dojo in the 1980’s. After his leave of New Japan in the late 80’s he would go on to compete for SWS, All Japan, and Big Mouth Loud as his major events of note. In May of 2011 he would earn the honor of New Japan’s Greatest Wrestlers award.
AJPW NEWS
~ The full event card was announced for the “Fan Appreciation Show” that is set to take place on December 17 in Saitama.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “Fan Appreciation Day”, 12/17/2017 [Sun] 16:00 @ Saitama City Memorial General Gymnasium
() Yuma Aoyagi & Koji Iwamoto vs. KAI [FREE] & Ishikiri [LAND’S END]
() Christmas Gift Match: Mr. Christmas, Ultimo Dragon & Carbell Ito vs. Masanobu Fuchi, Osamu Nishimura [FREE] & Yusuke Okada
() Atsushi Aoki, Hikaru Sato & Takahisa Matsumoto [ALPHA] vs. Yohei Nakajima, Kotaro Suzuki [FREE] & Keiichi Sato [FREE]
() Takao Omori vs. Black Tiger VII
() Joe Doering vs. Naoya Nomura
() Road to Saitama Super Arena: Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa [FREE] & Ryoji Sai [LAND’S END] vs. Kento Miyahara, Zeus & Yoshitatsu [FREE]
() World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [46th Champion] TAJIRI vs. [Challenger] Atsushi Maruyama
~ 2nd title defense.
Mr. Gannosuke, Guts Ishijima, and Daisuke appeared today for a press conference to announced that GUTS World will disband on April 15, 2018 at Shinjuku FACE. As well as this will mark Mr. Gannosuke’s formal retirement form competition as well.
Ishijima stated that this is a hard decision to make and much deliberation has been made as to the future of the promotion. With Tatsuhiko Yoshino having went to BJW, now Daisuke retired, and even the deliberation on where to hold this final show. Originally they wanted it to be at the Korakuen Hall, but they know the attendance is down and Shinjuku FACE is the only logical conclusion at this time. Ishijima noted that most of the wrestlers involved with GUTS World are up in age, including himself, and many of the wrestlers he has worked with in the early days have moved on. So he only feels it is time for all the wrestlers involved to broaden their careers elsewhere as well.
Mr. Gannosuke stated that he will be 50 years old next year and he finally feels it is time to end his time in the ring once and for all. That he has an undying love for pro-wrestling and he is thankful for the revival he has undergone in these last few years in GUTS World. That he managed to get in better shape and witness first hand the great talent that Daisuke, Tatsuhiko Yoshino, and others offered to the ring. Daisuke stated that he aims to pursue a similar role as a consultant to pro-wrestlers in the future, much like Gannosuke has done for GUTS World as of recent. That even though his career is done in the ring that he still wishes to help the future generations in anyway possible.
As for the title belts within the promotion, Ishijima stated that they will be sealed with the promotions end, but he will give each of the champions a final chance to defend the belts on the April 15 show.
The full event card was announced for the on-going tour and the Korakuen Hall show on December 22.
Joining the previously announced four title matches, is a special singles match as Takashi Sugiura will be taking on Moose, stemming from Moose taking a direct win over Sugiura on the 12/3 show, and then The Great Kabuki will be competing in a special 6 man tag match as he final looks to end his career in the pro-wrestling ring. He will be teaming with the Heisei Ishingun team of Shiro Koshinaka and Akitoshi Saito as they take on the team of his former student in Yoshinari Ogawa, Go Shiozaki and Masao Inoue.
Below is the full announced card at this time, as well as the full tour has been updated on the event card listings on the website…
Pro Wrestling NOAH “Winter Navig. 2017”, 12/22/2017 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) KABUKI THE FINAL Memorial Match: The Great Kabuki, Shiro Koshinaka & Akitoshi Saito vs. Go Shiozaki, Yoshinari Ogawa & Masao Inoue
(2) Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano vs. Tadasuke & Seiya Morohashi
(3) Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. Cody Hall & Sheldon Jean
(4) Atsushi Kotoge, Taiji Ishimori & Hi69 vs. Yuko Miyamoto (666), Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) & LEONA (DRADITION)
(5) GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [31st Champions] HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. [Challengers] Gurukun Mask & Shuri Joe (Ryukyu Dragon)
(6) GHC Tag Championship Match: [41st Champions] Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. [Challengers] Naomichi Marufuji & Maybach Taniguchi
~ 1st title defense.
(7) Special Single Match: Takashi Sugiura vs. Moose
(8) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [36th Champion] Daisuke Harada vs. [Challenger] Minoru Tanaka (FREE)
~ 2nd title defense.
(9) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [29th Champions] Eddie Edwards vs. [Challengers] Kenoh
~ 2nd title defense.
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GUTS World “13th Anniversary & Daisuke Retirement Show”, 12/2/2017 [Sat] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 389 Spectators (overcrowded)
(1) Daisuke Retirement Road ~ Keito Murota Debut Match: Daisuke vs. Keito Murota
◆Winner: Daisuke (5:05) with a Single Leg Crab.
(2) Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP), Hagane Shinno (Makai) & Taro Yamada (666) vs. Naoshi Sano (Sano-Damashii), Shinobu (666) & Hercules Senga (FREE)
◆Winner: Yamada (4:40) with the X-gatame on Sano.
(3) Drake Morimatsu & Drake Takai vs. Amigo Suzuki (FREE) & Liang Ping (New Beijing)
◆Winner: Drake (6:01) following the Drake Driver on Ping.
(4) TECHNICAL TAG WAR: Tetsuhiro Kuroda (FREE) & Konaka = Pale One (666) vs. Kazuhiko Matsuzaki (Ganko) & Shinya Ishida (Sportiva)
◆Winner: Ishida (8:01) with the Delta Drive on Konaka.
(5) Hattoshite good vs MichioCHAN: Kenichiro Arai (DG) & Buffalo (Makai) vs. Michio Kageyama (DEP) & CHANGO (FREE)
◆Winner: Arai (10:16) via pin-fall on Kageyama.
(6) Special Singles Match: Masao Orihara (Mobius) vs. Dick Togo (FREE)
◆Winner: DRAW (14:27) via Double KO.
(7) GWC Tag Championship Match: [15th Champions] TORU (Doutonbori) & Fuminori Abe (Sportiva) vs. [Challengers] Keizo Matsuda (FREE) & YUJI KITO (ASUKA PROJECT)
◆Winner: TORU (12:02) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster on Kito.
~ 1st successful title defense.
(8) Daisuke Retirement Match ~ Eternal Ace THE FINAL: Daisuke, Guts Ishijima & Shota vs. Mr. Gannosuke, Masked Mystery & Joji Otani
◆Winner: Joji (22:14) following a Running Elbow Bat on Daisuke. ~ Daisuke ends his career as Joji now stands to become the future of the promotion. ~ Tatsuhiko Yoshino appeared after the match as he took one last 3 count from his former rival.
~ Gannosuke thanked Daisuke for his time in the ring and that he was proud of him.
~ Daisuke ended his career with a 10 count and thanked everyone who has supported him throughout his career, and also that they continue to support GUTS in the future.
GUTS World vol. 113 CHAMPION of G 2017, 11/14/2017 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 283 Spectators (overcrowded)
(1) CHALLENGE THE VIOLENCE WALL: Joji Otani vs. Buffalo (Makai)
♦Winner: Buffalo (8:29) following a Lariat.
(2) Shinkiba Different Dimension Showdown: Drake Morimatsu vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda (FREE)
♦Winner: Kuroda (6:47) following a Lariat.
(3) GUTS World vs HEAT-UP: Mr. Gannosuke & Guts Ishijima vs. Daisuke Kanehira & Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo
♦Winner: Ishijima (7:35) following a Facebuster on Kondo.
(4) TECHNICAL WAR: CHANGO (FREE) vs. Yasu Urano (FREE)
♦Winner: Urano (9:29) with a Sunset Flip.
(5) 2vs3 Handicap Match: Masao Orihara (Mobius) & Masked Mystery vs. Dick Togo (FREE), Amigo Suzuki (FREE) & Liang Ping (New Beijing)
♦Winner: Mystery (12:06) following a Choke Slam on Amigo. ~ Togo demanded a singles match against Orihara on the December 2 show, as Orihara accepted.
(5) GWC Tag Championship 3WAY Match: [14th Champions] Keizo Matsuda (FREE) & YUJI KITO (ASUKA) vs. [Challengers] Shota & Kenichiro Arai (DG) vs. [Challengers] TORU (Doutonbori) & Fuminori Abe (Sportiva)
♦Winner: Abe (12:06) with a Modified Manjigatame on Shota.
~ Champions fall on their 6th title defense. Abe & TORU become the 15th champions.
(7) Daisuke Retirement Road: Daisuke vs. Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP)
♦Winner: Tamura (32:50) following a Buzzsaw Kick. ~ Respect was shown between the two following the match, as Daisuke thanked Tamura for pushing him to the limit today.
~ As for his retirement match next month Daisuke did not have anything to officially announce at this time. He hinted at potential 6-man tag match with Yaru Urano and Tamura, but also the possibility of a multi-challenge gauntlet. Though his goal is to full-till his life as a pro-wrestler and wants to have no regrets.
Super Battle Pro-Wrestling FMW, 11/10/2017 [Fri] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 250 Spectators
(1) Midget Match: Pretty Ota vs. Buttaman
◆Winner: Ota (3:59) with a Shinkunage.
(2) Kazuki Enosawa (formerly Kisarazu Kid) & Toshiaki Terao vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
◆Winner: Kei (8:46) with the Full-Body Dissatisfaction on Terao.
(3) PURE-J Offer Match: Manami Katsu vs. Yako Fujigasaki
◆Winner: Katsu (11:26) with the Orange ☆ Blossom.
(4) Naoshi Sano & Junichi Hanawa vs. Yutaka Yoshie & Ichiro Yaguchi
◆Winner: Yoshie (10:04) with a Body Press on Hanawa.
(5) Sasase Retirement Special Hardcore Street Fight: Masahiro Sasase & Masato Tanaka vs. Hideki Hosaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
◆Winner: Hosaka (10:44) following the Building Bomb on Sase.
(6) Kotaro Suzuki & Keiichi Sato vs. Minoru Tanaka & Raiden
◆Winner: Kotaro (9:32) following the Blue Destiny on Raiden.
(7) Ricky Fuji & Gosaku Gogoshawara & KAI vs. Mr. Gannosuke, Kazushi Miyamoto & NOSAWA Rongai
◆Winner: Kazushi (13:16) following a Short-range Lariat on Gosaku.