WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 FLASHING SUMMER, 8/11/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo 962 Spectators
(1) Ganseki Tanaka vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG)
◆Winner: Arai (5:19) following a Piledriver.
(2) Hajime vs. Masayuki Mitomi (FREE)
◆Winner: Mitomi (6:12) with an STF.
(3) Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
◆Winner: Pantera (12:07) following a Modified DDT on MAZADA.
(4) Tsugataka Sato vs. X = Pegaso Iluminal
◆Winner: Pegaso (8:47) with a Firebird Splash.
(5) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Match: Masayuki Kono, Andy Wu, Takanori Ito & Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia
◆Winner: Tonsho (16:29) with a Tiger Suplex Hold on Lindaman.
(6) Manabu Soya, Seiki Yoshioka & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
◆Winner: Yoshioka (19:14) with a La Magistral on Kodama. ~ Yoshioka with the win over the Cruiser champ, as he called out for a rematch for the belt on September 2nd. Ashino stated that he and Kodama will leave with both singles belts around their waist where they belong.
(7) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [15th Champions] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka vs. [Challengers] Shuji Kondo & Koji Doi
◆Winner: Doi (21:18) with the Nankinjogatame on Kuroshio.
~ Champions fall on their 1st title defense. Kondo & Doi become the 16th champions.
~ T-Hawk and El Lindaman came out as they called out for the challenge on September 2nd in Yokohama.
~ Even though the loss, Tanaka stated his intentions to continue tagging with Kuroshio in the future.
~ CIMA rushed Kuroshio though and made it known that he wants to face him directly at Yokohama. Though Kuroshio hinted that Daiki Inaba and Seigo Tachibana are currently expected to return to action and proposed to CIMA to make it a multi-man tag against OWE. It appears a 4 vs 4 will be taking place with Kuroshio’s team against CIMA’s at Yokohama.
PRO-WRESTLING MASTERS, 8/21/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Lucha Master Assemble! Special 6 Man Tag Match: Kendo, The Great Sasuke & SATO vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA (all Tokyo Gurentai)
() Samoan no Kaicho Shurai! Special 6 Man Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami, Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano vs. Hisakatsu Oya, Black Tiger V & Wild Samoan
(-) Idainaru Tatsujin vs Yomigaetta Kaizoku Gaspars Special Tag Match: Great Kojika & Kim Duk vs. Curry Gaspar & Cory Gaspar
(-) MASTERS Special Single Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Ishinriki
(-) Special 8 Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Hase (FREE), Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku), Taiyo Kea (FREE) & Shinjiro Otani (ZERO1) w/ Keiji Mutoh vs. Shiro Koshinaka (FREE), AKIRA (Makai), Masashi Aoyagi (FREE) & Akitoshi Saito (NOAH) w/ The Great Kabuki
WRESTLE-1 “2018 Pro-Wrestling LOVE in YOKOHAMA”, 9/2/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa
(-) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [12th Champion] Manabu Soya vs. [Challenger] Shotaro Ashino
~ 2nd title defense.
WRESTLE-1 “2018 Pro-Wrestling LOVE in OSAKA”, 9/29/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium
(-) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH)
All Japan announced the updated event cards for the July tour of shows.
Among the additions is Atsushi Aoki defending the World Junior belt against Koji Iwamoto on July 15th at the Korakuen Hall. Then Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa will defend the World Tag belts against the team of TAJIRI & Gianni Valletta on July 22nd in Hakata.
Then Ishikiri will miss the July 5th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING after suffering from an abdominal muscle fissure. His fellow LAND’S END teammate in Revlon will compete in his absence.
Gianni Valletta (Pro-Wrestling Malta)
Height : 192cm – Weight : 110kg
Born : August 8, 1989 – Debut : October 22, 2011
Title History : PWM Heavyweight Champion & BEW Heavyweight Champion
Signature Moves : TKO & Sleeper Hold
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “SUMMER ACTION SERIES”, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [47th Champion] Atsushi Aoki vs. [Challenger] Koji Iwamoto
~ 4th title defense.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling “SUMMER ACTION SERIES”, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Hakata StarLanes in Fukuoka
(-) World Tag Championship Match: [83rd Champions] Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa vs. [Challengers] TAJIRI & Gianni Valletta
~ 1st title defense.
Masakatsu Funaki announced several matches for his upcoming 33rd anniversary show which he will be holding on September 30th at the EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium. Among the announcements is that Funaki will be dawning the Shinsetsu Tiger Mask which he wore in a 2004 movie, very rough documentary, about The First Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama.
(-) Sane Kikuta vs. Alexander Otsuka
(-) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Shinsetsu Tiger Mask, Super Tiger & “3rd Tiger Mask” Koji Kanemoto vs. Super Black Tigers
~ Also announced to be appear : Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Genichiro Tenryu, The Great Kabuki & Yuki Kondo
MASTERS NEWS
Keiji Mutoh announced that the next MASTERS show will be held on August 21st at the Korakuen Hall and that the main event will see a BATT (Bad Ass Translate Trading) revival.
The group was originally formed in early 2001 (NJPW), consisting of Hiroshi Hase, Shinjiro Otani, Taiyo Kea, and Done Frye, and ran for the next year until Mutoh left All Japan in 2002. The original ideals of the team was a group without boarders as Mutoh brought together Kea from All Japan, which they competed in both promotions together, and even Shinzaki from Michinoku Pro.
This will be the first MASTERS show that Mutoh himself cannot compete as he is still recouping after double knee replacement surgery earlier in the year. Though he announced that he plans to be in the corner of Shinjiro Otani, Jinsei Shinzaki, Taiyo Kea and Hiroshi Hase as they will be taking on a currently unannounced team. Mutoh seeks for the spirit of “pro wrestling love” to be flowing once more. Which Mutoh feels all four of these men are capable of bringing forth in his own absence from in the ring.
As for Mutoh himself, he added that his plan is still to return in the Spring of 2019, but at this time his training is still at a slow process. That he already suffered a previously mentioned set-back and he cannot afford anymore at this time.
PRO-WRESTLING MASTERS, 8/21/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Special 8 Man Tag Match: Shinjiro Otani, Jinsei Shinzaki, Taiyo Kea & Hiroshi Hase w/ Keiji Mutoh vs. (to be announced)
More matches were announced for the Korakuen Hall show on July 18th, GRAND PRIX semi-finals, Cruiser defense, and Hayashi announced the team to challenge STRONG HEARTS.
With the semi-finals for the GRAND PRIX now set, following the 1st round matches on 7/1, the four finalists came out to build the prelude for the show. The former teammates in Koji Doi and Kumaarashi will face off and, in a rematch from a W-1 title match in September of 2017, the W-1 Result and Tag Champion Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio faces Shotaro Ashino.
The W-1 Cruiser Champion Yusuke Kodama and the challenger El Hijo del Pantera met with the press to further build towards the upcoming title defense. Kodama stated that he acknowledges the direct loss that he suffered to the challenger, but that will not be the same result when the title is on the line. Pantera stated that he has known Kodama for 6 years now, stemming from their time together in WNC, and he is grateful to all that he has learned from his former ally. Though he is eager to become a champion himself in Japan and show himself as a top cruiser in W-1.
Then Kaz Hayashi announced that he will be teaming with Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kono and Jun Tonsho to take on the invding STRONG HEARTS group. He also announced the match will be under elimination rules with the addition of over the top rope to be in effect as well.
Below is the announced event card at this time…
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Shotaro Ashino
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Kumaarashi vs. Koji Doi
(-) Seiki Yoshioka, Ganseki Tanaka & Kotaro Suzuki vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA
(-) Manabu Soya, Andy Wu, Alejandro & Takumi Baba vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato, Ryuji Hijikata & Masayuki Mitomi
(-) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Elimination Match: Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kono & Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia ~ Over the top rope rules in addition to pin-fall and submission.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.
It was announced that the promotion will be undergoing a management change. As of the start of this month Yoshitaka Ono has stepped down as the CEO and has given the reigns to the talent and staff to run the promotion going forward.
Katsumi Sasazaki, active referee and now former sales manager, will be taking up the role as the Representative Director and President and Shinjiro Otani will be taking over as the Chairman of the Board. The Vice-President role will be split up between Masato Tanaka and Kohei Sato, with Takaiwa taking over duties of managing the wrestlers, and ring announcer Yoshiya Okita also now being placed with the duty of the sales department.
Otani stated that the promotion is beginning to see signs of recovery and he does not wish to disappoint as he strives to provide their passion of hot pro-wrestling.
Pro-Wrestling ZERO 1, Dream on Stage Inc.
Representative Director and President : Katsumi Sasazaki
Chairman of the Board : Shinjiro Otani
Vice President : Masato Tanaka & Kohei Sato
Managing Director : Maki Yuhara
General Manager : Matazo Mimata
Chairman of Talent : Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Sales Manager : Yoshiya Okita
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WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/22/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) Takanori Ito vs. Takumi Baba
◆Winner: Ito (5:58) with a German Suplex Hold.
(2) Masayuki Kono, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Koji Doi, Tsugataka Sato & Ganseki Tanaka
◆Winner: Kono (12:24) following a Running Knee on Tsugataka.
(3) Yusuke Kodama & Kenichiro Arai (DG) vs. Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
◆Winner: Kodama (9:19) with a Mad Splash on Alejandro.
(4) Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA (STRONG HEARTS)
◆Winner: CIMA (1:51) following the Meteora.
(5) Kaz Hayashi & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Zackery Wentz & Dezmond Xavier (STRONG HEARTS)
◆Winner: Wentz (10:53) with a Standing Moonsault on Yoshioka.
(6) Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Andy Wu vs. T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia (STRONG HEARTS)
◆Winner: T-Hawk (24:47) with the Black Tiger Bomb on Wu.
~ STRONG HEARTS ends the night with a clean sweep.
~ T-Hawk remained confrontational with the W-1 Champion Soya and Kondo following the win. The two sides brawled until STRONG HEARTS remained in the ring.
~ T-Hawk declared that they will all return for the Korakuen Hall show on July 18th. Though he stated that this time around that STRONG HEARTS will announce their matches/teams with W-1 being given the chance to follow.
(7) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [14th Champions] Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi vs. [Challengers] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka (ZERO1)
◆Winner: Kuroshio (17:10) with a Moonsault Press on Ashino.
~ Champions fall on their 1st title defense. Ikemen & Tanaka become the 15th champions.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/1/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Odawara Arena, Sub Arena in Kanagawa
() Andy Wu & Alejandro vs. Masayuki Mitomi (Ehime) & Hideo Toda (Chigasaki)
() Yusuke Kodama & Kenichiro Arai vs. Seiki Yoshioka & El Hijo del Pantera
() Manabu Soya, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Tsugataka Sato, Jun Tonsho & Ganseki Tanaka
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Masayuki Kono
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Shotaro Ashino
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Koji Doi
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Takanori Ito vs. Kumaarashi
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ikemen/Kono) vs. (Winner of Kaz/Ashino)
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ito/Kuma) vs. (Winner of Kondo/Doi)
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/13/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo 788 Spectators
(1) Tsugataka Sato vs. Ganseki Tanaka
◆Winner: Tsugataka (8:59) with an Elevated Boston Crab.
(2) Takanori Ito & Ryuji Hijikata (FREE) vs. MAZADA & FUJITA
◆Winner: Ito (9:59) with a German Suplex Hold on MAZADA.
(3) Kaz Hayashi, Jun Tonsho & Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Andy Wu, Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
◆Winner: Tonsho (10:34) following a Thrust Kick on Alejandro. ~ Jonsho stated that he wants to challenge for the UWA 6 Tag belts.
(4) Shuji Kondo & Koji Doi vs. Masayuki Kono & NOSAWA Rongai
◆Winner: Doi (7:54) with a Nankinjogatame on Kono.
~ NOSAWA Rongai stood in the ring and on the microphone stated that W-1 needs something exciting. He then stated that he made a call to a friend in Shanghai.
~ Out came CIMA along with several of his wrestlers from OWE (Oriental Wrestling Entertainment), as they made their presence known in the W-1 ring. Joined by T-HAWK, El Lindaman, Takehiro Yamamura, Gao Jingjia & Zackery Wentz (Dezmond Xavier was also announced to join later), the group known as STRONG HEARTS, has declared an all-out war against WRESTLE-1. CIMA stated that he will bring much needed life to W-1. Which Vice-President Kondo took offense and Hayashi as well was not happy with the call-out against their promotion.
~ CIMA and Shuji Kondo had an initial stare-off, but then T-HAWK got into Kondo’s face to assert himself against the veteran.
~ Jun Tonsho, Hayashi’s current protege, even shoved CIMA to the mat. The OWE boys made a wall in front of Tonsho which lead to Hayashi pulling his boy back.
~ The group will begin compete in W-1 on the June 22nd show at the Shinkiba 1stRING, as President Hayashi stated that the event card will be changed soon.
(5) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kenichiro Arai
◆Winner: Kuroshio (16:54) with the Ikemen Flash on Ashino. (Ankle Lock counter) ~ Kuroshio with the direct win over the W-1 Tag Champion. As he called out for the tag belts to be in defense, for the previously announced match, on the 6/22 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.
(6) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Yusuke Kodama
◆Winner: Kodama (14:12) with a Mad Splash.
~ Champion falls on his 5th title defense. Kodama becomes the 12th champion. ~ Pantera came out to keep Yoshioka from suffering further humiliation from the new champion and he also asserted himself as the next challenger.
(7) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [12th Champion] Manabu Soya vs. [Challenger] Kumaarashi
◆Winner: Soya (26:31) following a Wild Bomber.
~ 1st successful title defense. ~ No challenger came forward, but the W-1 GRAND PRIX will begin on July 1st with the winner earning the right to challenge on September 2nd.
~ The first round matches were updated in the upcoming events below…
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/17/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Green Dome Maebashi in Gunma
(1) Takumi Baba vs. Masayuki Mitomi (EPW)
(2) Ganseki Tanaka vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG)
(3) Seiki Yoshioka & Jun Tonsho vs. Andy Wu & El Hijo del Pantera
(4) Masayuki Kono & Tsugataka Sato vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
(5) Kaz Hayashi & Takanori Ito vs. Shuji Kondo & Alejandro
(6) Manabu Soya, Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Koji Doi vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/22/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) Masayuki Kono vs. Tsugataka Sato
(2) Seiki Yoshioka & Andy Wu vs. Ganseki Tanaka & Takumi Baba
(3) Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera vs. Yusuke Kodama & Kenichiro Arai
(4) Koji Doi vs. Takanori Ito
(5) Manabu Soya, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & Jun Tonsho
(6) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/1/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Odawara Arena, Sub Arena in Kanagawa
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Masayuki Kono
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Shotaro Ashino
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Koji Doi
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Takanori Ito vs. Kumaarashi
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ikemen/Kono) vs. (Winner of Kaz/Ashino)
() GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ito/Kuma) vs. (Winner of Kondo/Doi)
~ 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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