LION’S GATE PROJECT 13, 6/13/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo 364 Spectators
(1) Tsuji Yota vs. Yuya Uemura
◆Winner: DRAW (10:00) Time Expired.
(2) Ren Narita vs. Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PROJECT)
◆Winner: Narita (8:02) with a Boston Crab.
(3) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Dinosaur Takuma (K-DOJO) vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
◆Winner: Henare (10:33) following the TOA Bottom. (4) Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoyuki Oka
◆Winner: Nagata (12:38) with a Backdrop Hold.
(5) Shota Umino vs. Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO)
◆Winner: Yoshida (16:47) following a Backdrop. ~ Yoshida’s stated that he aims to compete on a much larger stage in the future, as he comes off of a win at Kenta Kobashi’s Fortune Dream show on June 11th, Possibly hinting that he wants to be involved on New Japan’s actual shows.
~ He also made it known that he is done with LION’S GATE following today’s win, as he’s competed on the shows since the 2nd ever show, but that he will leave the door open if there is a grander stage to compete.
~ The full event cards were announced for the June tour of shows in Hokkaido. As it was also announced that Ryoji Sai will be defending the Asia Heavyweight belt against Yoshitatsu on June 19 in Obuhiro.
~ It was announced that Mike Bailey and MAO will be taking on Koji Kanemoto and Mizuki Watase. Watase and Kanemoto have apposed each other previously, as Watase even calls Kanemoto a rival, but now the two find themselves having to work together.
DNA 45, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinjuku Village Studio in Tokyo
(-) Mike Bailey & MAO vs. Koji Kanemoto (FREE) & Mizuki Watase
(-) 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
(-) HEAT-UP Universal Tag Championship Match: [1st Champions] Kenichiro Arai & Hide Kubota vs. [Challengers] Kazuhiro Tamura & Tatsumi Fujinami
~ 4th title defense.
(-) HEAT-UP Universal Championship Match: [3rd Champion] Daisuke Kanehira vs. [Challenger] Fuminori Abe
~ 1st title defense.
~ Also announced to compete : Kevin Man (Hong Kong), Jeff Man (Hong Kong), Greg Ho (Singapore), Nick (Singapore), Red Eagle (Portugal), Baliyan Akki (India)
Keiji Mutoh stated that he aims to return in May of 2019. The significance being that a new era will begin then as Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate at the end of April 2019. Thus a new era in Japan will begin in May with his successor taking over. He wishes to compete as a new self in the new era.
Mutoh continues to undergo rehabilitation following a double knee replacement over a month and a half ago, but he is currently taking it easy after causing a crack to his right patella during training. The doctors told him it would heal fine as it could benefit him in the long run as the bone should get thicker once healed.
~ Then he announced that he will be working with Great☆Mucha to help drive interest in local promotions that compete all throughout Japan. Mutoh will serve as a chairperson for the evnts that will run starting in July of this year and run every month until December. Each month a show will be held in a specific region featuring talent from those areas. Then in December a special show is being planned at the Korakuen Hall to feature the best of what Mutoh has personally witnessed throughout the prior months. As well as a special veteran tag match.
PRO-WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2018 BEST OF SUPER LOCAL WRESTLING
~ July : Chubu / Central Region (Nagano)
~ August : Tohoku Region (Fukushima)
~ September : Kansai / China Region (Nara)
~ October : Kyushu Shikoku Region (Nagasaki)
~ November : Kanto Region
NJPW NEWS
~ The first day of the “BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. 25” was held today at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Below are the results for the BOSJ matches.
★ Taiji Ishimori (13:47) following the Bloody Cross on Will Ospreay.
★ YOH (15:18) with the Five Star Clutch on BUSHI.
★ ACH (15:26) following the Soul Buster on Flash Gordon.
★ Tiger Mask IV (10:27) over Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
~ During the show, it was announced that Fire Pro-Wrestling World (PS4/PC) will release on August 9, 2018 at a cost of 5800 yen / $52.50 (6264 yen / $56.50 w/ tax). Then a premium version was also announced.
The PREMIUM EDITION released will include 4 Kinnikuman (ultimate muscle) style figures, a t-shirt and towel in the style of Los Ingobernables de Japón, and an IWGP style coin. This edition will come in at 9800 yen / $88.50 (10,584 yen / 95.65 w/ tax).
~ The full event card was announced for the next LION’S GATE show on June 13 at the Shinjuku FACE.
LION’S GATE PROJECT 13, 6/13/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(1) Tsuji Yota vs. Yuya Uemura
(2) Ren Narita vs. Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PROJECT)
(3) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Dinosaur Takuma (K-DOJO) vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
(4) Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoyuki Oka
(5) Shota Umino vs. Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO)
RIKI CHOSHU PRODUCE NEWS
~ Riki Choshu announced the main event and semi-final matches for his next show that is scheduled to take place on July 10 at the Korakuen Hall. The main event will see Riki Choshu, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshitatsu versus Jun Akiyama, Daichi Hashimoto and Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio. This will mark the first time that ever that Choshu and Akiyama haved faced each other in the pro-wrestling ring. Which lead to Akiyama stating that given the opportunity that he will seek to capture the win over Choshu. The semi-final match will see the team of Tatsumi Fujinami, Naomichi Marufuji and Shotaro Ashino taking on Shingo Takagi, Koji Doi and Kaito Kiyomiya.
Riki Choshu Produce POWER HALL 2018 ~ Battle of another dimension~, 7/10/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Semi-final ~ A NEW ENCOUNTER: Tatsumi Fujinami (DRADITION), Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Shotaro Ashino (W-1) vs. Shingo Takagi (DG), Koji Doi (W-1) & Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH)
(-) Main Event ~ JOIN THE REVOLUTION II: Riki Choshu, Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW) & Yoshitatsu (FREE/AJPW) vs. Jun Akiyama (AJPW), Daichi Hashimoto (BJW) & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1)
(1) Takumi Baba vs. Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PRO)
(2) Shuji Kondo, Ganseki Tanaka & Ryuuji Hijikata vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato & Jun Tonsho
(3) Alejandro vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG)
(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
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~ Then the full event cards were announced for shows on June 8 in Nagaoka and June 16 in Osaka.
Big Japan Pro-Wrestling & Niigata Pro-Wrestling Joint Show, 6/8/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Aore Nagaoka in Niigata
(1) Dai Nippon vs Niigata: Yoshihisa Uto vs. Makoto Maeda
(2) Niigata Pro vs Ice Ribbon: Mai Mizuochi vs. Risa Sera
(3) Fugo Fugo Yumeji, Ricky Fuji & Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Buki, Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa
(4) Abdullah Kobayashi & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Debu Gaichu & Takayuki Ueki
(5) Heavy vs Junior 6 Tag Match: Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryota Hama & Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino, Kota Sekifuda & Kazuki Hashimoto
(6) Dai Nippon vs Niigata Pro Special Tag Match: Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Shigeno Shima & Big THE Ryokan
BJW “Osaka Surprise 37”, 6/16/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ Osaka City Miyakojima Kumin Center
(1) Yuya Aoki & Akira Hyodo vs. Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa
(2) Motsugu Shimizu & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Kankuro Hoshino & Yuki Morihiro
(3) MIYAWAKI, Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota vs. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Yuichi Taniguchi
(4) HUB vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda
(5) Kazuki Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(6) Daisuke Sekimoto, Yutaka Yoshie, Yoshihisa Uto & Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue, Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(7) Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Jaki Numazawa & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki
~ The full event card and match order was announced for next months show on June 11 at the Korakuen. The main event will present a big spot for the four young talents that each represent a separate promotion in Japan.
Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Emerald Dream: Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Kazumi Kikuta (BJW)
(2) Supreme Dream: Io Shirai vs. Meiko Satomura vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto
(3) Special Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi vs. Masahiro Chono
(4) Final Dream ~ Koki Kitahara 30th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Koki Kitahara (CAPTURE) & Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Super Tiger (RJPW)
(5) Violent Dream: Yuji Hino (FREE), Go Shiozaki (NOAH) & Zeus (AJPW) vs. Akitoshi Saito (NOAH), Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH) & Kohei Sato (ZERO1)
(6) Fortune Dream: Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) & Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO) vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
Harold George Meij, former Representative President & CEO of Takara-Tomy, has been named the new President of New Japan Pro-Wrestling as of June 1.
In Takara-Tomy, the 54 year old from Netherlands, was in charge of marketing for the foreign market and overseer in regards to the launching of new brands. It should also be noted that he was also the Vice President of Cola-Cola Japan in 2006 before joining Takara-Tomy. Kidani has put full faith in Meij to lead New Japan forward into their international expansion.
News was made public that Ayako Hamada was previously arrested in regards to the use of stimulant drugs. Which during today’s WAVE show in Tokyo, it was formally announced that her contract with the promotion was canceled.
Personal note: I know what is being said on twitter, but until something is officially announce I refuse to use that platform for a tell-all. Though from my personal knowledge, stimulants in Japan can be something in the effect of prescription drugs, not authorized in Japan are considered stimulants, or even something like cocaine, etc. Japan has a no toleration policy for the unauthorized use of drugs, so it will be just a wait and see in regards to how this may work against her any further.
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LION’S GATE PROJECT 12, 5/15/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo 419 Spectators
(1) Tsuji Yota vs. Yuya Uemura
◆Winner: DRAW (10:00) Time Expired.
(2) Manabu Nakanishi vs. Tomoyuki Oka
◆Winner: Nakanishi (9:04) with an Argentine Backbreaker.
(3) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (FREE) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Ren Narita
◆Winner: Tenzan (12:13) with an Anaconda Vice on Narita.
(4) Shota Umino vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)
◆Winner: Sekimoto (14:38) following a Lariat.
(5) Yuji Nagata vs. Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO)
◆Winner: Nagata (12:47) with a Backdrop Hold.
~ PROJECT 13 was announced to take place on June 13.
~ President Takashi Okamura announced his retirement from the promotion due to on-going medical issues. Due to this announcement Toru Kido will take over as the executive director of “Dragon Gate Entertainment. Co. Ltd”.
~ With this announcement it was also made public that CIMA will be taking over as president of “Dragon Gate Co., Ltd.”, with his focus solely on the international expansion of “Oriental Wrestling Entertainment” which primarily works out of Shanghai, China. T-Hawk, El Lindaman, and Takehiro Yamamura were announced to be joining with CIMA in OWE. So their participation on DG in Japan will be reduced. OWE was originally founded in 2017 and he looks to take part in roughly 80+ shows a year.
~ Kobashi announced that he will be holding a special talk battle with Masahiro Chono on the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on June 11. This year specifically marks the 15th anniversary from their GHC Heavy title match at a NJPW show on May 2, 2003 at the Tokyo Dome.
Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Special Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi vs. Masahiro Chono
(-) Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Kazumi Kikuta (BJW)
(-) Yuji Hino (FREE), Go Shiozaki (NOAH) & Zeus (AJPW) vs. Akitoshi Saito (NOAH), Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH) & Kohei Sato (ZERO1)
(-) Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) & Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO) vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
(-) Koki Kitahara 30th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Koki Kitahara (CAPTURE) & Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Super Tiger (RJPW)
~ In what has been culminating for much of the year, Sasuke and the Brahman Brothers have finally split and the two sides will clash in a “mask vs hair” match on June 15 at the Korakuen Hall. The show will also feature the return match for Kenbai.
Michinoku Pro-Wrestling “Michinoku 2018 Tokyo Vol. 3 ~Kikikaikai~”, 6/15/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Kenbai’s Return Match:
(-) The Great Sasuke Alliance vs Brahman Brothers Alliance ~ Mascara Contra Cabellera:
~ All 16 wrestlers were announced for this years “BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. 25” which is set to begin on May 18.
A BLOCK
Tiger Mask IV
ACH
Flip Gordon
Will Ospreay
YOH
Taiji Ishimori (FREE)
Yoshinobu Kanemaru (FREE)
BUSHI
B BLOCK
KUSHIDA
Ryusuke Taguchi
Chris Sabin
Dragon Lee
SHO
Martly Scurll
El Desperado
Hiromu Takahashi
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/18/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Flip Gordon
() BOSJ A BLOCK: YOH vs. BUSHI
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Ospreay vs. Taiji Ishimori
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/19/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Chris Sabin
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Martly Scurll
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/20/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Kira Messa Numazu in Shizuoka
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. YOH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: BUSHI vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Will Ospreay
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/22/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Dragon Lee
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Martly Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. BUSHI
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Ospreay vs. YOH
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/25/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Osaka City Chuo Taiikukan, Sub-Arena
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. Martly Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: SHO vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. Hiromu Takahashi
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/26/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Nagoya
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Flip Gordon
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. YOH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/27/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Nagoya International Conference Hall
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Marty Scurll vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. Dragon Lee
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. BUSHI
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. YOH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Osprey vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/30/2018 [Wed] 18:30 @ Big Palette Fukushima
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. Marty Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Will Ospreay
() BOSJ A BLOCK: YOH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 6/2/2018 [Sat] 16:00 @ New Sunpia Takasaki in Gunma
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Marty Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: SHO vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Lee
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Chris Sabin
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: SHO vs. Marty Scurll
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. ACH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. Will Ospreay
() BOSJ A BLOCK: YOH vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: BUSHI vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 6/4/2018 [Mon] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() BOSJ Final Match: A Block #1 vs. B Block #1
~ Then 4 title matches were announced for the annual “DOMINION” show in Osaka on June 9. Rey Mysterio was also announced to compete on the show.
NJPW “DOMINION 6.9 in OSAKA-JO HALL”, 6/9/2018 [Sat] @ Osaka Jo Hall
(-) NEVER Openweight Championship 3WAY Match: [17th Champion] Hirooki Goto vs. [Challenger] Michael Elgin vs. [Challenger] Taichi
~ 4th title defense.
(-) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [79th Champions] EVIL & SANADA vs. [Challengers] Young Bucks
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [18th Champion] Tetsuya Naito vs. [Challenger] Chris Jericho
~ 1st title defense.
(-) IWGP Heavyweight Championship ~ 2 Out of 3 Falls Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Kenny Omega
~ 13th title defense.
~ It was announced that Rey Wagner, formerly Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., and Kendo Kashin will be competing on the July 17 show.
Tokyo Gurentai “Tokyo LOVE VIII”, 7/17/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. KAMINARI
(-) Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki vs. [Challenger] Kaz Hayashi
~ 6th title defense.
~ Also announced to be competing: NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA, FUJITA, Rey Wagner, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Kendo Kashin, Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato, Rocky Kawamura, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Takatoshi Matsumoto & Takuya Kai
~ The W-1 GP was announced to begin on July 18 at the Korakuen Hall. The winner will earn the right to challenge for the W-1 Championship on September 2 in Yokohama.
~ Then the full event cards were announced for the May 13 and May 27 shows. The shows will feature Kumaarashi, formerly Kumagoro, who is now going by and Kenichiro Arai, who was portraying Drunk Andy.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 TRIUMPH, 5/13/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama
(1) Andy Wu vs. Masayuki Mitomi
(2) Seiki Yoshioka vs. Jun Tonsho
(3) Kaz Hayashi & Masayuki Kono vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Ganseki Tanaka
(4) Takanori Ito vs. Seigo Tachibana
(5) Alejandro & El Ijo del Pantera vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
(6) Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo, Koji Doi & Tsugataka Sato vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama, Kumaarashi & Kenichiro Arai
(1) Alejandro vs. Takumi Baba
(2) Shuji Kondo, Ganseki Tanaka & Ryuuji Hijikata vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato & Jun Tonsho
(3) Seigo Tachibana vs. Kenichiro Arai
(4) Masayuki Kono & Daishi (GJP) vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Mitsuhiro Yoshida (GJP)
(5) Kaz Hayashi & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Andy Wu & El Hijo del Pantera
(6) Manabu Soya, Seiki Yoshioka & Koji Doi vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
~ Then matches were announced for the next Korakuen Hall show which will take place on June 13. The main event will feature Soya defending the W-1 belt against the now heel Kumaarashi and then Seiki Yoshioka defending the Cruiser belt against Yusuke Kodama. Both challengers are competing under the “Enfants Terribles” faction, as they look to bring more belts into the group.
Which speaking of the faction, following Kenichiro Arai unamasking himself and taking out Seigo Tachibana, who is no longer associated under Ashino, Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio offered to form an alliance with Tachibana as the two will be taking on Ashino and Arai on the show. Tachibana still showed hostility against Kuroshio, as he is not eager to just join his recent rival, though with that said he is also still in a daze following the betrayal of his former allies.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/13/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Kaz Hayashi, Jun Tonsho & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Andy Wu, Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
() Takanori Ito & Ryuji Hijikata vs. MAZADA & FUJITA
() Shuji Kondo & Koji Doi vs. Masayuki Kono & NOSAWA Rongai
() Tsugataka Sato vs. Ganseki Tanaka
() Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Seigo Tachibana vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kenichiro Arai
() WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Yusuke Kodama
~ 5th title defense.
() WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [12th Champion] Manabu Soya vs. [Challenger] Kumaarashi
~ 1st title defense.
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NJPW ‘Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2018’ [Fri] 18:30 @ Hiroshima Green Arena in Hiroshima
(1) Ren Narita vs. Yuya Uemura
◆Winner: Narita (4:43) with a Boston Crab
(2) Shota Umino, Tomoyuki Oka & Yuji Nagata vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask IV & Jushin Thunder Liger
◆Winner: Taguchi (8:06) with the Dodon on Umino
(3)SHO, YOH & Rocky Romero vs. TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Takashi Iizuka
◆Winner: SHO (9:04) with the 3K on TAKA
(4) Toa Henrae, Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & David Finlay vs. YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Jay White
◆Winner: Elgin (7:51) with the Elgin Bomb on YOSHI-HASHI
(5) Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, SANADA, EVIL & Tetsuya Naito vs. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki
◆Winner: Naito (15:50) with the Destino on Kanemaru
(6) NEVER OPENWEIGHT Championship Match: [17th Generation Champion] Hirooki Goto vs. Juice Robinson [Challenger]
◆Winner: Goto (26:36) with the GTR
~ 3rd Successful Defence
~ Elgin came forward to make the challenge after the match, followed by Taichi
(7) KUSHIDA & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Will Ospreay & Kazuchika Okada
◆Winner: Tanahashi (18:15) with the High Fly Flow on Ospreay
~ Tanahashi promised he will be the next IWGP Champion
~ It was announced that Josh Bodom had to return home due to a family emergency. Due to this he will miss the the April 14 show. The event card was updated to reflect upon his absence.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Champion Carnival”, 4/14/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Hiroshima Marina Hop
(1) Koji Iwamoto vs. Yusuke Okada
(2) Takao Omori, KAI & Atsushi Maruyama vs. Atsushi Aoki, Rey Paloma & Takeshi Okada
(3) Carnival A Block Match: Shingo Takagi vs. The Bodyguard
(4) Carnival A Block Match: Naoya Nomura vs. Yuji Hino
(5) Carnival B Block Match: Zeus vs. Yutaka Yoshie
(6) Joe Doering, Jun Akiyama, Yoshitatsu & Yohei Nakajima vs. Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa, Dylan James & Hikaru Sato
(7) Carnival A Block Match: Kento Miyahara vs. Ryoji Sai
~ It was announced that Hiroshi will be taking on veteran grappler Osamu Nishimura for his return match on May 3 at the Korakuen Hall.
BASARA, 5/3/2018 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakun Hall in Tokyo
(-) Takato Nakano vs. Manabu Hara (FREE)
(-) Fuminori Abe vs. Masato Tanaka (ZERO1)
(-) Takumi Tsukamoto, Yasu Urano, Daichi Kazato & Goma Ryu vs. Trans Am ★ Ryuichi, Trans Am ★ Tanaka, Trans Am ★ Shinya & Yusuke Kubo
(-) Trans Am ★ Hiroshi’s Return Match: Trans Am ★ Hiroshi vs. Osamu Nishimura (FREE)
(-) Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE)
(-) Count Down to Extinction ~ Hardcore Tag Match: FUMA & SAGAT vs. Jun Kasai (FREEDOMS) & Kunso (DOVE)
(-) Union MAX & DOVE World Heavyweight Double Championship Match: [9th MAX Champion] Isami Kodaka (6th title defense) vs. [10th DOVE Champion] Naoki Tanizaki (1st title defense)
~ The full event card was announced for the April 21 show in Tobu, as the Yokohama 6 Tag belts will be in defense.
BJW “Edogawa Rising 3”, 4/21/2018 [Sat] 12:00 @ Tobu Friend Hall in Tokyo
(1) Tatsuhiko Yoshino vs. Akira Hyodo
(2) Kazuki Hashimoto & Takuho Kato vs. Yuki Morihiro & Yuki Ishikawa
(3) Edogawa Rising vs. Yuya Aoki
(4) Battle Royal : Kankuro Hoshino, Yuya aoki, Yuki Morihiro, Takuho Kato, Yuki Ishikawa
(5) Yokohama Shopping Street 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [11th Champions] Daisuke Sekimoto, Kohei Sato & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. [Challengers] Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto
~ 1st title defense.
(6) Daichi Hashimoto & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Takuya Nomura
(7) Death Match: Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
~ The full event card was announced for the May 2 show at the Korakuen Hall.
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
(1) 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
() 3WAY Tag Death Match: Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Yuko Miyamoto
(-) 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.
~ It was announced that a retirement ceremony will be held for Super Strong Machine (Junji Hirata) on June 19 at the Korakuen Hall. This year will mark his 40th anniversary since his debut back in August of 1978. The 61 year old wrestler will be unable to compete in a final match due to his health, but he has spent the last part of his career as a coach and manager to the young up-and-coming wrestlers.
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WRESTLE-1 NEWS
~ It was announced that Takumi Baba, due to a shoulder rotator cuff injury, will be unable to compete on the April 18 show. Shunsuke Sayama from ASUKA PRO will compete in his place.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 CHERRY BLOSSOM, 4/18/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Shotaro Ashino & Yusuke Kodama vs. Masayuki Mitomi & Jay Freddie
(2) 8 Man Tag Match: Kaz Hayashi, MAZADA, FUJITA & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Tsugataka Sato, Ganseki Tanaka, Jun Tonsho & Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PRO)
() Hana Kimura & Natsumi Maki (Actwres Girl’Z) vs. Hiroe Nagahama & Asuka (both WAVE)
() 6 Man Tag Match: Daiki Inaba, Andy Wu & Takanori Ito vs. Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kondo & NOSAWA Rongai
(-) WRESTLE-1 Result Championship Match: [5th Champion] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. [Challenger] Seigo Tachibana
~ 1st title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Alejandro
~ 4th title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [12th Champions] Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. [Challengers] Manabu Soya & AKIRA
~ 3rd title defense.
~ It was announced that rookie Shoji Fukushima will have to withdraw permanently from active competition due to injury. He will be present to greet the audience at the Shinjuku FACE show on April 22.
~ The full event card for the show was also announced.
Pro-Wrestling ZERO1 “Dream Series”, 4/22/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(1) KAMIKAZE vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
(2) Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura vs. Fuminori Abe (BASARA) & Koju Takeda (666)
(3) Shogun Okamoto, Ikuto Hidaka & X vs. TARU, Takuya Sugawara & Chris Vice
(4) Shinjiro Otani vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
(5) Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura (NOAH) vs. Kohei Sato & SUGI
(6) World Heavyweight Championship Match: [22nd Champion] Yusaku Obta vs. [Challenger] Hartley Jackson
~ 4th title defense.
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~ The full event card was announced for the Korakuen Hall show on May 3, and then the event card was also announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on April 20.
BASARA, 4/20/2018 [Fri] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Fuminori Abe vs. Tanomusaku Toba
() Pro-Wrestling Trail: Goma Ryu (defense) vs. Hercules Senga (prosecutor) vs. Best Stretch Man Amazon (accused)
() Trans Am ★ Ryuichi vs. Daichi Kazato
() FUMA, SAGAT & Yusuke Kubo vs. Takumi Tsukamoto, Yasu Urano & Akiyori Takizawa
() Special Single Match: Ryuichi Sekine vs. Minoru Fujita
() Isami Kodaka, Ryota Nakatsu & Takato Nakano vs. Naoki Tanizaki, Yuki Aoki & Manabu Hara
BASARA, 5/3/2018 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakun Hall in Tokyo
(-) Takato Nakano vs. Manabu Hara (FREE)
(-) Fuminori Abe vs. Masato Tanaka (ZERO1)
(-) Takumi Tsukamoto, Yasu Urano, Daichi Kazato & Goma Ryu vs. Trans Am ★ Ryuichi, Trans Am ★ Tanaka, Trans Am ★ Shinya & Yusuke Kubo
(-) Trans Am ★ Hiroshi’s Return Match: Trans Am ★ Hiroshi vs. X
(-) Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE)
(-) Count Down to Extinction ~ Hardcore Tag Match: FUMA & SAGAT vs. Jun Kasai (FREEDOMS) & Kunso (DOVE)
(-) Union MAX & DOVE World Heavyweight Double Championship Match: [9th MAX Champion] Isami Kodaka (6th title defense) vs. [10th DOVE Champion] Naoki Tanizaki (1st title defense)
~ Then it was announced that Isami Kodaka will be defending the NWA World Junior & Internation Junior belts against Ikuto Hidaka on May 6 in Sapporo.
BASARA, 5/6/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido
(-) NWA World Junior & International Junior Championship Match: [121st & 21st Champion] Isami Kodaka vs. [Challenger] Ikuto Hidaka
~ The full event cards were updated for the finals of the “Ikkitosen ~ strong climb” on April 14 & 15, and also the Osaka show on April 22.
BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~”, 4/14/2018 [Sat] 13:00 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido
(1) Takuya Nomura & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Yuya Aoki & Takuho Kato
(2) Tatsuhiko Yoshino vs. Kota Sekifuda
(3) Yoshihisa Uto, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Ryota Hama, Kazuki Hashimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto
(4) Barbed-wire Board 6 Man Tag Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(5) Fluorescent Light-tube Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito
(6) Ikkitosen Semi-final Match: (B BLOCK #1) Hideki Suzuki vs. (A BLOCK #2) Yasufumi Nakanoue
(7) Ikkitosen Semi-final Match: (A BLOCK #1) Daichi Hashimoto vs. (B BLOCK #2) Daisuke Sekimoto
BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~”, 4/15/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido
(1) Kazumi Kikuta & Takuho Kato vs. Takuya Nomura & Yuki Ishikawa
(2) Great Kojika & Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(3) Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(4) Barbed-wire Board 6 Man Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(5) BJW Tag Prelude ~ Fluorescent Light-tube Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Ryuji Ito & Abdullah Kobayashi
(6) Ikkitosen Special 6 Man Tag Match: Ryota Hama, Hideyoshi Kamitani & (loser of 4/14 match) vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Yoshihisa Uto & (loser of 4/14 match)
(7) Ikkitosen Final Match: (Winner of Hideki/Nakanoue) vs. (Winner of Daichi/Sekimoto)
BJW “Osaka Surprise 36 ~ Tetsujin Densho”, 4/22/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Osaka City Asahi Kumin Center
(0) Kankuro Hoshino vs. Akira Hyodo
(1) Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuki Morihiro vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda & Yuki Ishikawa
(2) Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda vs. Brahman Shu & Kei
(3) HUB & Billyken Kid vs. Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga
(4) TLC 8 Man Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Yuko Miyamoto, Jaki Numazawa & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito, Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki
(5) Ryuichi Kawakami, Kazumi Kikuta & Yuya Aoki vs. Yoshihisa Uto, Takuya Nomura & Takuho Kato
(6) Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Ryota Hama & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(7) Special Single Match: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Dicko Togo (Michinoku)
~ The full event card was announced for the Osaka show on April 15. (Last minute change as Yukio Sakaguchi will have to miss the show)
DDT “DDT Music! 2018”, 4/15/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Yodogawa Citizen Center in Osaka
() Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Akito, Shunma Katsumata, Saki Akai & Yuni
() Kazusada Higuchi & Keisuke Ishii vs. Soma Takao & Daiki Shimomura
() Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi vs. Tetsuya Endo & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() Naniwa Two Big Single Match: Naomi Yoshimura vs. Mizuki Watase
() Naniwa Two Big Single Match: HARASHIMA vs. Mad Paulie
() Osaka Special 4WAY Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shigehiro Irie vs. KUDO vs. Daisuke Sasaki
(-) KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Kota Umeda, Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda vs. [Challengers] Kouki Iwasaki, Mike Bailey & MAO
~ Then it was announced that Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazusada Higuchi will be defending the KO-D Tag belts against a currently unnanounced team on May 1 at the Shinkiba 1stRING.
DDT “DDT LIVE!”, 5/1/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(-) Kendo Kashin vs. Gota Ihashi
(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazusada Higuchi vs. [Challengers] (tba)
~ Ryoji Sai was announced to make his next defense of the Asia Heavyweight belt on May 7 in Fukuoka.
LAND’S END “FUKUSHIMANIA”, 5/7/2018 [Mon] 19:00 @ Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka
() Asosan vs. X
() Masakado, El Brave, Fuminori Abe, Azure Dragon & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Kotaro Nasu, Shiori Asahi, Koji Shimizumi, Ishikiri & Naoki Sakurajima,
() Kim Nam Seok & Junji Tanaka vs. Revlon & The Bodyguard
() Rikiya Fudo & Fugo Fugo Yumeji vs. So Daimonji & KAZMA SAKAMOTO
() Shinsuke “Jet” Wakataka & UEXILE vs. Shachikov & Ebiten
() All Asia Heavyweight Championship Match: [8th Champion] Ryoji Sai vs. [Challenger] Kim Su Bin
~ 2nd title defense.
~ The full event card was announced for the next LION’S GATE show that is set to take place on May 15 at the Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo. The main attractions will see Yuji Nagata taking on K-DOJO’s super rookie in Ayato Yoshida and then Shota Umino against the powerhouse Daisuke Sekimoto.
LION’S GATE PROJECT 12, 5/15/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() Tsuji Yota vs. Yuya Uemura
() Manabu Nakanishi vs. Tomoyuki Oka
() Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (FREE) vs. Tetsuhiro Yagi & Ren Narita
() Shota Umino vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)
() Yuji Nagata vs. Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO)
~ The full event cards were announced for the April 14 & 15 shows, which will feature the GHC Junior Tag Tournament to crown the new champions.
Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. To The Northern Cross 2018”, 4/14/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido
() Junta Miyawaki vs. Noriyuki Yoshida (FTO)
() Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Akitoshi Saito vs. Masao Inoue
() Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. Maybach Taniguchi & Cody Hall
() 34th GHC Junior Tag Championship Decision Tournament 1st Round: Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka
() 34th GHC Junior Tag Championship Decision Tournament 1st Round: HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
() Masa Kitamiya vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
() Takashi Sugiura & Kenoh vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge
() Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. GO Shiozaki
Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. To The Northern Cross 2018”, 4/15/2018 [Sun] 12:30 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido
() Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Junta Miyawaki
() Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. Akitoshi Saito & Noriyuki Yoshida (FTO)
() Maybach Taniguchi vs. Cody Hall vs. Masao Inoue
() 4WAY Match: (losers of 1st round Jr. Tag Tournament)
() Takashi Sugiura & Kenoh vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge
() Masa Kitamiya vs. Go Shiozaki
() 34th GHC Junior Tag Championship Decision Tournament Final:
() Battle Royal:
WRESTLE-1 NEWS
~ The full event card was announced for the April 18 show at the Korakuen Hall. This includes Shotaro Ashino’s return match.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 CHERRY BLOSSOM, 4/18/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Hana Kimura & Natsumi Maki (Actwres Girl’Z) vs. Hiroe Nagahama & Asuka (both WAVE)
() Shotaro Ashino & Yusuke Kodama vs. Masayuki Mitomi & Jay Freddie
() 8 Man Tag Match: Kaz Hayashi, MAZADA, FUJITA & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Tsugataka Sato, Ganseki Tanaka, Jun Tonsho & Takumi Baba
() 6 Man Tag Match: Daiki Inaba, Andy Wu & Takanori Ito vs. Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kondo & NOSAWA Rongai
(-) WRESTLE-1 Result Championship Match: [5th Champion] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. [Challenger] Seigo Tachibana
~ 1st title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Alejandro
~ 4th title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [12th Champions] Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. [Challengers] Manabu Soya & AKIRA
~ 3rd title defense.
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LION’S GATE PROJECT 11, 4/10/18 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo 467 Spectators
(1) Yuya Uemura Debut Match: Ren Narita vs. Yuya Uemura
◆Winner: Narita (8:06) with a Boston Crab. (2) Tsuji Yota Debut Match: Tomoyuki Oka vs. Tsuji Yota
◆Winner: Oka (7:16) with a Boston Crab. (3) Tiger Mask & Tetsuhiro Yagi vs. Hiro Saito (FREE) & Gedo
◆Winner: Gedo (16:51) with a Gedo Clutch on Yagi. (4) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Manjimaru & Ken45° (both Michinoku Pro)
◆Winner: Tenzan (13:35) with the Anaconda Vice on Ken45°. (5) Yuji Nagata & Shota Umino vs. Ayato Yoshida & GO Asakawa (both K-DOJO)
◆Winner: Yoshida (10:03) following a Backdrop on Umino. ~ Yoshida called out that he wants another match against Nagata. This is stemming from their rivalry which began last year before Yoshida suffered an injury.
~Two title matches were made official for “MAX BUMP 2018” at the Korakuen Hall on April 29, as Konosuke Takeshita will be defending the KO-D Openweight belt against Shigehiro Irie and then Yuko Miyamoto will be putting the DDT EXTREME belt up against HARASHIMA.
~ Then two wrestlers were announced to be leaving DDT in Cherry and Suguru Miyatake. Cherry has been active in DDT for the last 14 years, but she hinted that she is not retiring from pro-wrestling though taking a new path as a freelance wrestler. Then Miyatake has been out of action for over 2 years now due to injury and just feels that he cannot return in his current condition and mental state. His is though thankful to all the fans and memories that he gained as a member of DDT.
DDT “MAX BUMP 2018”, 4/29/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Cherry DDT Last Match: Cherry, Françoise ☆ Takagi & Makoto Oishi vs. Danshoku Dieno, KUDO & Masahiro Takanashi
(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [40th Champion] Yuko Miyamoto (666) vs. [Challenger] HARASHIMA
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [61st Champion] Konosuke Takeshita vs. [Challenger] Shigehiro Irie
~ 12th title defense.
~ Then the full event card was announced for the April 5 show in Shinkiba.
DNA 43, 4/5/2018 [Thu] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: MAO & Rising HAYATO vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Akira Joe
() SUPER TAG TOURNAMENT 2nd Round: Kouki Iwasaki & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda
() Special Single Match: Rekka vs. Choun Shiryu
() World-wide Match: Mike Bailey vs. Baliyan Akki
() Minoru Tanaka (FREE), Mizuki Watase & Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) vs. Kota Umeda, Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() DNA vs Naomi Kingdom: Shunma Katsumata vs. Keisuke Okuda (FREE)
~ T-Hawk & Eita were announced to be defending the Twin Gate belts against Big R Shimizu & Ben-K on May 6 in Nagoya.
Dragon Gate “DEAD or ALIVE 2018”, 5/6/2018 [Sun] @ Nagoya City Aichi Prefecture Gymnasium
(-) Open The Twin Gate Championship Match: [Champions] T-Hawk & Eita vs. [Challengers] Big R Shimizu & Ben-K
(-) Cabellera vs Cabellera Steel Cage Survival 7WAY Match: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. YAMATO vs. Ryo Saito vs. Punch Tominaga vs. El Lindaman vs. Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroyuki Kanda
Two more matches were announced for Kenta Kobashi’s fifth produce show on June 11 at the Korakuen Hall.
The additions see a 6 man tag match as a heavy chopping team of Yuji Hino, Go Shiozaki and Zeus will be taking on the heavy kicking team of Akitoshi Saito, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kohei Sato. Then a singles match was also announced as Kotaro Suzuki will be taking on BJW’s up-and-comer Kazumi Kikuta. (Which something to add between Kotaro and Kikuta is their love for Gundam (Kotaro) and Kamen Rider (Kikuta) which they have incorporated into their own in-ring style.)
Below is the announced event card at this time…
Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Kazumi Kikuta (BJW)
(-) Yuji Hino (FREE), Go Shiozaki (NOAH) & Zeus (AJPW) vs. Akitoshi Saito (NOAH), Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH) & Kohei Sato (ZERO1)
(-) Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) & Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO) vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
(-) Koki Kitahara 30th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Koki Kitahara (CAPTURE) & Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Super Tiger (RJPW)
FREEDOMS NEWS
~ It was announced official that Violento Jack will be defending the KING of FREEDOM belt against Masashi Takeda on May 2 at the Korakuen Hall.
FREEDOMS “We love FREEDOMS! We are FREEDOMS! 2018”, 5/2/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [9th Champion] Violento Jack vs. [Challenger] Masashi Takeda
~ 3rd title defense.
Following the conclusion of this weekends show, the full event cards were announced for the next set of title matches that will take place at the end of this month and the start of the next.
April 29 in Kumamoto will see a double main event of LIJ versus Suzuki-gun , as the IWGP IC belt in defense as Minoru Suzuki defends against Tetsuya Naito. and then SANADA & EVIL defend the IWGP Tag belts against Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Then the May 4 show in Hakata, Fukuoka will see the main event of Kazuchika Okada aiming to capture the all-time defense record with the IWGP Heavy belt as he takes on the current record holder, with 11 in total, in Hiroshi Tanahashi. Then also on the show Will Ospreay will be defending the IWGP Junior belt against KUSHIDA.
Then on the “Road to Wrestling Dontaku” tour, three more title matches were announced. As on April 23 Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperadon will defend the IWGP Jr. Tag belts against BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi, on April 24 Jay White will be putting the IWGP US belt against David Finlay, and then on April 27 Hirooki Goto defends the NEVER Openweight belt against Juice Robinson.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2018“, 4/23/2018 [Mon] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [57th Champions] Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado vs. [Challenger] BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
~ 2nd title defense.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2018“, 4/24/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Match: [2nd Champion] Jay White vs. [Challenger] David Finlay
~ 2nd title defense.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2018“, 4/27/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Hiroshima Green Arena
(-) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [17th Champion] Hirooki Goto vs. [Challenger] Juice Robinson
~ 3rd title defense.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Wrestling no Hi no Kuni”, 4/29/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Grand Messe Kumamoto
(1) Yuji Nagata & Tetsuhiro Yagi vs. Tomoyuki Oka & Shota Umino
(2) David Finlay, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jay White, Rocky Romero, YOH & SHO
(3) Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
(4) Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Takashi Iizuka, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku
(5) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin & KUSHIDA vs. Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay
(6) Special Single Match: BUSHI vs. El Desperado
(7) Special Single Match: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
(8) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [79th Champions] SANADA & EVIL vs. [Challengers] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
~ 2nd title defense.
(9) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [17th Champion] Minoru Suzuki vs. [Challenger] Tetsuya Naito
~ 2nd title defense.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Wrestling Dontaku 2018”, 5/3/2018 [Thu] 17:00 @ Fukuoka International Center
(1) Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
(2) Yuji Nagata, Tomoyuki Oka & Tetsuhiro Yagi vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi
(3) Rocky Romero, YOH & SHO vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Takashi Iizuka
(4) Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & Toa Henare vs. Hirooki Goto, Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
(5) NEVER 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [16th Champions] Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. [Challengers] Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Mary Scurll
~ 4th title defense.
(6) Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
(7) Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA vs. Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay
(8) Special Single Match: Kota Ibushi vs. Cody
(9) Special Single Match: Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
New Japan Pro-Wrestling “Wrestling Dontaku 2018”, 5/4/2018 [Fri] 17:00 @ Fukuoka International Center
(1) Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino & Ren Narita
(2) Yuji Nagata & Tetsuhiro Yagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
(3) Rocky Romero, YOH & SHO vs. Takashi Iizuka, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku
(4) Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
(5) Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Michael Elgin vs. Hirooki Goto, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI
(6) Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
(7) Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt & Nick Jackson
(8) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [80th Champion] Will Ospreay vs. [Challenger] KUSHIDA
~ 3rd title defense.
(9) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Hiroshi Tanahashi
~ 12th title defense.
The matches were announced for the small tournament to crown the next champions for the vacant GHC Junior Tag belts. As Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke take on Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka and then HAYATA & YO-HEY take on Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano.
Then with that four prelude singles matches were announced to be taking place on the April 11 show, which will feature the final match of the currently on-going “Global Tag League”. Then there were also minor changes made to the event cards for the rest of the GTL tour, as Hi69 and Minoru will be teaming together on several of the shows.
Below are the event cards at this time…
Pro-Wrestling NOAH “GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2018”, 4/11/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) YO-HEY vs. Hitoshi Kumano
(-) Minoru Tanaka (FREE) vs. Tadasuke
(-) Hajime Ohara vs. HAYATA
(-) Daisuke Harada vs. Hi69
(-) GTL Final Match: (#1 Team) vs. (#2 Team)
Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. To The Northern Cross 2018”, 4/14/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido
(-) Junta Miyawaki vs. Noriyuki Yoshida (FTO)
(-) Takashi Sugiura & Kenoh vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge
(-) 34th GHC Junior Tag Championship Decision Tournament 1st Round: Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka
(-) 34th GHC Junior Tag Championship Decision Tournament 1st Round: HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. To The Northern Cross 2018, 4/15/2018 [Sun] 12:30 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido
~ Keiji Mutoh successfully underwent surgery to replace both of his knees with artificial joints. There is no word on when he will begin rehabilitation, but he remains adamant that he will return to the ring as soon as possible.
~ Then Hiroshi Yamato announced that he be going freelance from WRESTLE-1 with the start of April. He is still scheduled to compete for the promotion on 4/3 though this will mark his first time with them as freelance. Yamato, who just returned from a neck injury that has kept him out of action for the last year and a half, stated that he will continue competing as a pro-wrestling as he truly loves competing in the ring.
~ It was made official that Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio will be defending the Result Championship against Seigo Tachibana on April 18 at the Korakuen Hall.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 CHERRY BLOSSOM, 4/18/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) WRESTLE-1 Result Championship Match: [5th Champion] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. [Challenger] Seigo Tachibana
~ 1st title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Alejandro
~ 4th title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [12th Champions] Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. [Challengers] Manabu Soya & AKIRA
~ 3rd title defense.
~ More matches were announced for the Yasukuni Shine show on April 8 and the Shinjuku FACE show on April 22.
ZERO1 “15th Annual Dedication Pro-Wrestling”, 4/8/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
(-) ZERO1 vs Michinoku: Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura vs. Yasutaka Osera & Koji Kawamura
(-) Jason Lee, SUGI & Shoji Fukushima vs. Ikuto Hidaka, Takuya Sugawara & Sean Guinness
(-) TARU & Hartley Jackson vs. Shogun Okamoto & Mitsuo Momota
(-) NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Super Tiger vs. [Challenger] Chris Vice
(-) Kohei Sato vs. Yuji Hino
(-) Yusaku Obata & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Masato Tanaka & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
(-) Jinsei Shinzaki & Mr. Gannosuke vs. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
~ Then it was announced that Yusaku Obata will be defending the World Heavyweight belt against Hartley Jackson on April 22 at the Shinjuku FACE. The match is coming about after Hartley assaulting Obata following the “TAKESHIBA Coliseum / ZERO1 Dojo” last show on March 31.
ZERO1 “Dream Series”, 4/22/2018 [Sun] @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(-) KAMIKAZE vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
(-) Shinjiro Otani vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
(-) Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura (NOAH) vs. Kohei Sato & SUGI
(-) World Heavyweight Championship Match: [22nd Champion] Yusaku Obta vs. [Challenger] Hartley Jackson
~ 4th title defense.
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NJPW “Sakura Genesis 2018” 4/1/18 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo
(1) Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson
◆Winner: Matt (9:23) with a Sharp Shooter on Owens
(2) Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Taichi & Takashi Iizuka
◆Winner: Yano (7:42) with a Scholboy on Iizuka
(3) NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Match: [16th Champions] Ryusuke Taguchi, Michael Elgin & Togi Makabe vs. Tango Loa, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale
◆Winner: Tonga (11:20) with a Gun Stun on Taguchi
~ 3rd Successful Defence
(4) David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI, Jay White & Hirooki Goto
◆Winner: Tanahashi (9:18) with the High Fly Flow on YOSHI-HASHI
(5) SANADA, EVIL & Tetsuya Naito vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki
◆Winner: Archer (11:24) with the Killer Bomb on EVIL
(6) IWGP Jr. Tag Championship 3WAY Tag Match: [57th Champions] El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. [Challengers] SHO & YOH vs. [Challengers] Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
◆Winner: Desperado (12:45) with the Pinche Loco on SHO
~ 1st defense
(7) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: [80th Champion] Will Ospreay vs. [Challenger] Marty Scurll
◆Winner: Ospreay (30:44) with the OsCutter
~ 2nd Successful Defence
(8) Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page & Cody
◆Winner: Cody (23:52) with a Schoolboy on Ibushi
(9) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs [Challenger] Zack Sabre Jr.
◆Winner: Okada (34:58) with the Rainmaker
~ 11th Successful Defence
~ Tanahashi came out after the match, he appears to be the next challenger
NJPW “Road to Sakura Genesis 2018” 3/30/18 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,579 spectators
(1) Tetsuhiro Yagi vs Ren Narita
♦Winner: DRAW (15:00); time expired
(2) Yuji Nagata vs Shota Umino
♦Winner: Nagata (6:40) with the Nagata Lock II
(3) Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & Ryusuke Taguchi vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Tomoyuki Oka
♦Winner: Elgin (8:47) with the Elgin Bomb
(4) Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs Hirooki Goto, Jay White & Tomohiro Ishii
♦Winner: Ishii (11:22) with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster on Henare
(5) Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA & Tiger Mask vs Toru Yano, YOH & SHO
♦Winner: Yano (9:42) via pinfall on Tiger Mask
(6) EVIL Return Match: Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi vs Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
♦Winner: EVIL (17:42) with the EVIL on Kanemaru
(7) Special Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi
♦Winner: Sabre (17:18) via referee stop over YOSHI-HASHI
~ Sabre picks up an indirect victory over Okada and continues building momentum heading into their IWGP Heavyweight Championship match on Sunday.
~ TAKA Michinoku said Okada has had an impressive run as champion to have made it to 11 defenses, but now he will “just tap out.”
NJPW “Road to Sakura Genesis 2018” 3/29/18 [Thur] 18:30 @ Kumagaya Citizen Gymnasium in Saitama
(1) Tetsuhiro Yagi vs Ren Narita
♦Winner: DRAW (15:00); time expired
(2) KUSHIDA & Shota Umino vs BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
♦Winner: BUSHI (11:10) with a Boston Crab on Umino
(3) Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
♦Winner: Archer (11:35) following the killer Bomb on Nakanishi
(4) Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & Ryusuke Taguchi vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask & Tomoyuki Oka
♦Winner: Elgin (8:46) with the Elgin Bomb on Oka
(5) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs Hirooki Goto, Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
♦Winner: Ishii (12:59) with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster on Henare
(6) Tetsuya Naito & SANADA vs Minoru Suzuki & Taichi
♦Winner: Naito (11:20) with the Destino on Taichi
(7) Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI, SHO & YOH vs Zack Sabre Jr., TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
♦Winner: Sabre (12:26) via submission over SHO
~ TAKA Michinoku declared that Sabre will defeat Okada at Sakura Genesis and become the next IWGP Heavyweight Champion.
~ It was announced that Shigehiro Irie will be taking on Akito on April 1st at the Korakuen Hall. The winner will earn the right to challenge Konosuke Takeshita on April 29 at Korakuen.
DDT “April Fool 2018”, 4/1/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Gota Ihashi Trial Series: Gota Ihashi vs. Koji Kanemoto (FREE)
(-) Japan & USA Gay Wrestling Summit! 2018: Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Makoto Oishi vs. Colt “Boom Boom” Cabana, Joey Ryan & Ethan Page
(-) Loser Exile Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi vs. Tetsuya Endo, Mad Paulie, Keisuke Ishii, Masahiro Takanashi, Saki Akai, Kazuki Hirata, MAO & Antonio Honda
(-) Kota Umeda, Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase
(-) 4WAY Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata vs. HARASHIMA & Soma Takao vs. Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa vs. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
(-) Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie vs. Akito
(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [40th Champion] Yuko Miyamoto vs. [Challenger] Mike Bailey
~ 2nd title defense.
DDT “MAX BUMP 2018”, 4/29/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [61st Champion] Konosuke Takeshita vs. [Challenger] (tba)
~ 12th title defense.
~ Kobashi announced that the fifth installment for his self-produce shows will be returning on June 11 at the Korakuen Hall. Then two matches were announced, as Koki Kitahara will be both celebrating a 30 years milestone as a pro-wrestling and his retirement as well. Kitahara will be teaming with Mitsuya Nagai to take on the team of Naomichi Marufuji and Super Tiger. Then a young generation tag match was also announced as Kaito Kiyomiya will team with Ayato Yoshida against the team of Toru Sugiura and Takuya Nomura.
Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) & Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO) vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
(-) Koki Kitahara 30th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Koki Kitahara (CAPTURE) & Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Super Tiger (RJPW)
~ The full event card was announced for the April 12 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.
FREEDOMS “GW no Shuyaku wa Oeda! 2018”, 4/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(0) Trainee M vs. Chikara
() Special Opening 6 Man Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Kamui vs. Takashi Sasaki, Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata
() Kenichiro Arai vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO
() Yuya Susumu & Masamune vs. Gunso & ‘brother’ YASSHI
() Kenji Fukimoto & Minoru Fujita vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA
() GENTARO vs. Mr. Gannosuke
() Death Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Jun Kasai & Masashi Takeda
~ Daisuke Sekimoto and Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio were announced to be competing on the April 28 show at Blue Field in Chiba. The show will be part of the “Golden Week Special” events that run throughout that whole week.
K-DOJO “GWSP 7 ~ RoS Produce Show”, 4/28/2018 [Sat] 13:00 @ Blue Field in Chiba
(-) Ayame Sasamura vs. Hiroe Nagahama (WAVE)
(-) Marines Mask vs. Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PRO)
(-) GO Asakawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)
(-) Taishi Takizawa, Kaji Tomato & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1) vs. Tank Nagai, Ayumu Honda & Kyu Mogami
NJPW NEWS
~ EVIL was announced to be making his return on March 30 at the Korakuen Hall.
~ Ospreay will be defending the IWGP Jr. belt against Marty Scurll on the April 1 show at Ryogoku, and then Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi will be taking on Cody & Hangman Page on the show as well. Then with that the full event card was released for the show.
NJPW “Sakura Genesis 2018” 4/1/18 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo
(1) Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens vs. Matt & Nick Jackson
(2) Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Takashi Iizuka & Taichi
(3) NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [16th Champions] Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. [Challengers] Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & Ryusuke Taguchi
~ 3rd title defense.
(4) Special 6 Man Tag Championship Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Hirooki Goto, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI
(5) Special 6 Man Tag Championship Match: Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA vs. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
(6) IWGP Jr. Tag Championship 3WAY Tag Match: [57th Champions] El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs [Challengers] SHO & YOH vs [Challengers] Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
~ 1st defense
(7) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [80th Champion] Will Ospreay vs. [Challenger] Marty Scurll
~ 2nd title defense.
(8) Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi vs. Cody & Hangman Page
(9) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs [Challenger] Zack Sabre Jr.
~ 11th defense
~ The full event card was announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on April 3.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 CHERRY BLOSSOM”, 4/3/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) Ganseki Tanaka & Takumi Baba vs. Masayuki Mitomi (EPW) & Joji Otani (GUTS)
(2) Tsugataka Sato vs. MAZADA
(3) Yusuke Kodama vs. Seigo Tachibana vs. Drunk Andy
(4) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Shunma Katsumata (DDT/DNA)
(5) Seiki Yoshioka & Jun Tonsho vs. Alejandro & Hiroshi Yamato
(6) Captain Fall Elimination Match: Daiki Inaba, Koji Doi, Kumagoro, Andy Wu & Takanori Ito vs. Shuji Kondo, Manabu Soya, Kaz Hayashi, Masayuki Kono & NOSAWA Rongai
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NJPW “Strong Style Evolved” 3/25/18 [Sun] @ Long Beach Walter Pyramid
(1) Rocky Romero, SHO & YOH vs Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky
♦Winner: SHO () following the 3K on Scorpio Sky
(2) Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs Hirooki Goto & Gedo
♦Winner: Finlay () with the Prima Nocta on Gedo
(3) Toru Yano & Chuckie T vs Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
♦Winner: Archer () following the Killer Bomb on Chuckie T
(4) Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs Cody & Marty Scurll
♦Winner: Cody () with the Cross Rhodes on Loa
~ Cody attempted to call the match off before it started, not wanting Bullet Club members to fight each other. But Tanga Loa insisted that the match happen, and declared that G.O.D was not on “Team Cody.”
(5) Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Lee vs Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
♦Winner: Naito () with the Destino on Taguchi
~ Rey Mysterio Jr. came to the ring and apologized for not being able to compete in the originally scheduled match against Liger due to his torn bicep. However, he promised that when he has recovered he will compete in an NJPW ring.
(6) Special Singles Match: Jushin “Thunder” Liger vs Will Ospreay
♦Winner: Ospreay () with the Oscutter
~ After the match, Ospreay said he wants to defend the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship against Rey Mysterio Jr. when he is able to compete again.
~ Marty Scurll attacked Ospreay from behind. Mysterio ran to his aid, but Scurll pulled his mask off. Liger finally ran back in and chased Scurll off.
(7) Special Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii vs Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.
♦Winner: Sabre Jr. () via referee stop; Jim Breaks Armbar on Ishii
~ Suzuki & Sabre attacked Okada and even the referee after the match.
~ It was announced that NJPW will return to the U.S. to hold a G1 Special show on Saturday, 7/7 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
(8) IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship Match: [2nd Champion] Jay White vs [Challenger] Hangman Page
♦Winner: White () with the Blade Runner
~ 1st successful defense
~ David Finlay ambushed White after the match, and announced he will challenge for the IWGP U.S. Heavyweight title on 4/24 at Korakuen Hall.
(9) Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi vs Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
♦Winner: Omega () following the Golden Trigger on Matt
~ Omega seemed to make amends with Nick Jackson after the match, though Matt refused to shake his hand.
~ Cody came to the ring to berate the Young Bucks after their defeat, but was chased off by Omega.
~ Omega said he doesn’t know what will happen with the Bullet Club going forward, and it pains him to go to war with his friends, but there is a silver lining in the return of the Golden Lovers, and he promised they would be back in a feature match when NJPW returns to the U.S.
(2) Ren Narita vs. Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PROJECT)
(3) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Dinosaur Takuma (K-DOJO) vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
(4) Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoyuki Oka
(5) Shota Umino vs. Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO)
(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 (FREE) & 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)
Puroresu Spirit 
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