News Listings for July 31, 2018

AJPW NEWS

Several updates were announced for the August tour of shows.

Yohei Nakajima was announced to miss the “Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY” due to a personal boycott of the league, as well as citing differences with Black Tiger VII, as Black Menso~re was announced to be teaming with Black Tiger VII instead. The junior tag league will begin on August 3rd in Yokohama.

The World Tag and Asia Heavyweight belts were announced to be in defense on August 18th at the Korakuen Hall. With Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa defending the World Tag belts against the Kento Miyahara and Yoshitatsu. Then The Bodyguard will be making his first defense of the Asia Heavyweight belt against Naoya Nomura.

The tour will culminate on August 26th in Chiba with three major title matches. As Zeus makes his first defense of the Triple Crown belt against Shuji Ishikawa. With Zeus looking to prove himself as a defending champion and Ishikawa seeking to become a 5-crown champion, that is if he can first defend the tag belts on 8/18. Then Atsushi Aoki will once more put the World Junior belt on the line against Koji Iwamoto. This match stems from Aoki suffering a direct loss to Iwamoto in an 8 man tag match on July 29th in Osaka. Then  Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi will defend their newly acquire Asia Tag belts against the “Axe Bombers” team of Takao Omori and Isami Kodaka.

The August tour of shows have been updated through the post below…

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

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BASARA NEWS

~ Matches were announced for the August 11th show. The main event will see Isami Kodaka taking on Daisuke Sekimoto in a special singles match.

BASARA, 8/11/2018 [Sat] 17:30 @ Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo

() FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & Goma Ryu vs. Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato & Yasu Urano
() Sakigake! Kotetsu-kazoku vs Chimidoro Brothers: Trans Am Hiroshi, Trans Am Ryuji & SAGAT vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
() Kibatai vs Astronauts!: Ryota Nakatsu & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
() Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)

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

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DDT NEWS

~ It was announced that Konosuke Takeshita will be out of action for 2 months as he rehabs a shoulder injury, rotator cuff and joint damage. Due to this injury his group ALL OUT have also relinquished the KO-D 6 Tag belts. The previously announced title defense on 8/7 was also canceled.

DDT “Tatakau Beer Garden 2018 ~ HARASHIMA DAY”, 8/1/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. JARASHIMA, Hoshihebinki & Kazusada Jaguchi  w/ Poison Sawada JULIE
() Saki-sama, Masa & Yoshiko-sama vs. Emi Sakura, Riho & Mei Suruga
() HARASHIMA, KUDO & Danshoku Dieno vs. Shu Brahman, Kei Brahman & Gorgeous Matsuno

DDT “Tatakau Beer Garden 2018 ~ Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine DAY”, 8/2/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Dark Match: Hisaya Imabayashi vs. Tetsuya Koda

() Keisuke Ishii, Antonio Honda & Rekka vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yumeto Imanari
() Warming Up Muscle: Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda, Choun Shiryu, Pedro Takaishi & Yasu Urano
() Sandman-tekina iIsumonoare Special Match: (tba)

DDT “Tatakau Beer Garden 2018 ~ ALL OUT DAY”, 8/3/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Dark Match ~ Trans Am Yoga Kyoshitsu:

() Matsunaga style Drunk Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga, KUDO, Keisuke Ishii, Nobuhiro Shimatani, Yuki Ueno & Yuki Iino
() Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Kuishinbo Kamen

() Double Main Event: Shunma Katsumta vs. Violento Jack
() Double Main Event: Akito vs. Isami Kodaka (BASARA)

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

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ The main event was announced for the night show of the double header at the Shinkiba 1stRING on August 11th.

FREEDOMS “unchain night! 2018”, 8/11/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) unchain vs Los Nomadas Irregular Rules 4 vs 4 Elimination Rumble: Masashi Takeda, Jun Kasai, Kenji Fukimoto & Minoru Fujita vs. Violento Jack, Daisuke Masaoka, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope

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

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HEAT-UP NEWS

~ It was announced that Kazuhiro Tamura and Tatsumi Fujinami will be defending the Universal Tag belts against the team of Mitsuya Nagai and Akira Joe on August 27th at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

HEAT-UP “Monday Night UP”, 8/27/2018 [Mon] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Tetsuya Izuchi vs. Yusaku Ito

(-) Last Dokonjo vol.2: Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo vs. Daisuke Kanehira

(-) HEAT-UP Universal Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Kazuhiro Tamura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. [Challengers] Mitsuya Nagai & Akira Joe
~ 1st title defense.

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

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NOAH NEWS

~ Due to Kaz Hayashi being out with right foot fracture he will miss Marufuji’s 20th anniversary show on September 1st. Due to his absence it was announced that Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio will be competing on the show in his place.

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

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

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

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RJPW NEWS

~ A press conference was held as the full card was announced for the September 20th show at the Korakuen Hall. A special charity show was also be held on August 25th in Ishikawa.

RJPW “Myojoji Hondo Pro-Wrestling Charity Pro-Wrestling”, 8/25/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Myojoji Hondo Shrine Special Outdoor Ring in Ishikawa

(-) Alexander Otsuka vs. TK2
(-) Masao Orihara & KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Yukio Naya & (tba)
(-) Super Tiger vs. Garra Negra

RJPW “Return to Origin Pro-Wrestling”, 9/20/2018 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) & Takatoshi Matsumoto (Reversal Gym ALPHA) vs. Shogun Okamoto (FREE) & So Daimonji (LAND’S END)
() Super Tiger vs. Takanori Ito (W-1)
() UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Rey Angel vs. [Challenger] Kouki Iwasaki (DNA)
() La Mascara, Maximo & Brazo de Oro Jr. vs. Billyken Kid, Mascara Diablo & El Pelo de Aquita
() World Maskman Tournament Semi-finals: Don Crocodile vs. Black Tiger Jr.
() Masayuki Kono (W-1), Hayato Mashita & Yukio Naya vs. Raijin Yaguchi (Asakusa Pro), Ryoji Sai (LAND’S END) & KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)

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

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TOKYO GURENTAI NEWS

~ A couple more matches were announced for the September 26th show at the Shinjuku FACE. There is currently no update on Shiryu’s status for the show, but it could be expected that he will miss.

TOYKO GURENTAI “TOKYO CARNIVAL 2018”, 9/26/2018 [Wed] @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

Newly announced…

(-) Vaccine Fight Offer Match: Takuya Kai & Hikaru Sato vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Takatoshi Matsumoto
(-) LIEN Offer Special 6 Man Tag Match: Jun Kasai, AKIRA & Manabu Soya vs. BxB Hulk, Akito & Yoshitomo Shimohigashi

Previously announced…

(-) Special Tag Match: Osamu Nishimura & Hidetaka Monma vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei

(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. Raijin Thunder Akira

(-) Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [8th Champions] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. [Challengers] Masaaki Mochizuki & Rocky Kawamura
~ 1st title defense.

(-) TOP OF THE DX ~ TOKYO DX vs KAIENTAI DX: X-PAC, NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA vs. Dick Togo, Shiryu, TAKA Michinoku & MEN’S Teioh

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

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ Shinjiro Otani was announced to be taking on Nanae Takahashi in an Electric Current Blast Death Match on August 5th in Kawasaki.

ZERO1 / Cho-Hanabi, 8/5/2018 [Sun] @ Kawasaki Keibajo

(-) NWA Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Masato Tanaka & Yuji Hino vs. [Challengers] Hartley Jackson & Chris Vice

(-) Electric Current Blast Death Match: Shinjiro Otani vs. Nanae Takahashi

(-) Bakuha-oh Championship ~ No Rope Barbed-wire Double Hell Death Match: [Champion] Yuko Miyamoto vs. [Challenger] TARU

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

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News Listings for July 25, 2018

BJW NEWS

~ All 14 teams were announced for the “2018 Saikyo Tag League” that will be running from August through October. Among the major additions is Yoshihisa Uto jumping straight into the death match division.

Death Block

★  Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Isami Kodaka (BASARA) “Yankee Nichokenju”
★  Masashi Takeda (FREE) & Takumi Tsukamoto (BASARA) “CRAZY LOVERS”
★  Minoru Fujita (FREE) & Kankuro Hoshino “Dorodoro Brothers”
★  Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda “3rd gen. Chimidoro Brothers”
★  Ryuji Ito & Ryuichi Sekine “Double Dragon”
★  Masaya Takahashi & Kyu Mogami (K-DOJO)
★  Abdullah Kobayashi & Yoshihisa Uto

Strong Block

★  Hideki Suzuki (FREE) & Daisuke Sekimoto
★  Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani “Okami”
★  Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue
★  Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta
★  Tatsuhito Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda “Party Boys”
★  Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki
★  Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe (BASARA) “Astronauts”

~ It was announced that Hideki Suzuki will defend the BJW World Strong belt against Hideyoshi Kamitani on August 19th, as the full card was updated for the show.

BJW “Death Mania VI 2018”, 8/19/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Nagoya International Conference Center, Event Hall in Aichi

(1) Yuhihiro Mori & Akira Hyodo vs. Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa
(2) Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Kengo Takai & Kazumi Kikuta
(3) Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(4) Daisuke Sekimoto, Daichi Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura vs. Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto
(5) Death Match: Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Isami Kodaka, Takumi Tsukamoto & Jaki Numazawa
(6) Special Tag Match: Great Kojika & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Masashi Aoyagi

(7) BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Hideki Suzuki (FREE) vs. [Challenger] Hideyoshi Kamitani
~ 4th title defense.

(8) BJW Death Match Heavyweight Championship Match: [36th Champion] Masashi Takeda vs. [Challenger] Yuko Miyamoto
~ 8th title defense.

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

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DDT NEWS

~ Then the event cards from July 28th & 29th were updated as Kota Umeda will miss those shows due to his on-going injury.

DDT “Road to Ryogoku 2018 ~ Dramatic Dream Tomonoura”, 7/28/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima

() Naomi Yoshimura vs. Antonio Honda vs. “Neon Ninja” Facade
() Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki
() KUDO, Masahiro Takanashi & Lowther vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
() Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Yuki Ueno vs. Tetsuya Endo, Mad Paulie & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() Shigehiro Irie, Jason “The Gift” Kincaid & Mizuki Watase vs. HARASHIMA, Mike Bailey & MAO
() Keisuke Ishii vs. Yuki Iino
() ALL OUT vs DAMNATION: Konosuke Takeshita & Akito vs. Daisuke Sasaki & Soma Takao

DDT “Shigehiro Irie Debut 10th Anniversary Show”, 7/29/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Osaka City Taisho Kumin Hall

() Dark Match: Mad Paulie & Alex Ace vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Antonio Honda, Akito & Makoto Oishi
() 3WAY Match: Danshoku Dieno vs. Kazusada Higuchi vs. Naomi Yoshimura
() KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. HARASHIMA, Gurukun Mask & Rekka
() 4WAY Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Mike Bailey & MAO vs. Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno vs. Jason “The Gift” Kincaid & “Neon Ninja” Facade
() Mizuki Watase vs. Kengo Takai (Team Dera)
() Konosuke Takeshita & HUB (FREE) vs. Daisuke Harada (NOAH) & Kazuaki Mihara (Doutonbori)
() Shigehiro Irie Debut 10th Anniversary Match: Shigehiro Irie vs. Keisuke Ishii vs. Soma Takao

~ All 32 wrestlers were announced for the “KING OF DDT 2018”. Akito, Alex Ace, Antonio Honda, Yuki Iino, Keisuke Ishii, Gota Ihashi, Kouki Iwasaki, Yuki Ueno, Tetsuya Endo, Toru Owashi, Shunma Katsumata, KUDO, Gorgeous Matsuno, Yukio Sakaguchi, Daisuke Sasaki, Jason “The Gift” Kincaid, Nobuhiro Shimatani, Daiki Shimomura, Soma Takao, Sanshiro Takagi, Masahiro Takanashi, Konosuke Takeshita, Tanomusaku Toba, MAO, Hoshitango, Mike Bailey, Mad Paulie, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Mizuki Watase.

~ The tournament will begin on July 31st with the final match on August 26th.

KING OF DDT 2018 1st ROUND, 7/31/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(1) KUDO vs. Akito
(2) Mike Bailey vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani
(3) Gota Ihashi vs. Keisuke Ishii
(4) Shunma Katsumata vs. Alex Ace
(5) Hoshitanto vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
(6) Yuki Iino vs. Soma Takao
(7) Toru Owashi vs. Mizuki Watase
(8) Mad Paulie vs. HARASHIMA
(9) Sanshiro Takagi vs. MAO
(10) Daiki Shimomura vs. Masahiro Takanashi
(11) Tetsuya Endo vs. Gorgeous Matsuno
(12) Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Kazusada Higuchi
(13) Kouki Iwasaki vs. Antonio Honda
(14) Daisuke Sasaki vs. Jason “The Gift” Kincaid
(15) Yuki Ueno vs. Tanomusaku Toba
(16) Naomi Yoshimura vs. Konosuke Takeshita

KING OF DDT 2018 2nd ROUND, 8/4/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() 2nd Round Match: (Winner of #1) vs. (Winner #2)
() 2nd Round Match: (Winner of #3) vs. (Winner #4)
() 2nd Round Match: (Winner of #5) vs. (Winner #6)
() 2nd Round Match: (Winner of #7) vs. (Winner #8)
() 2nd Round Match: (Winner of #9) vs. (Winner #10)
() 2nd Round Match: (Winner of #11) vs. (Winner #12)
() 2nd Round Match: (Winner of #13) vs. (Winner #14)
() 2nd Round Match: (Winner of #15) vs. (Winner #16)

KING OF DDT 2018 3rd ROUND, 8/25/2018 [Sat] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

~ Matches to be announced…

KING OF DDT 2018 FINAL ROUND, 8/26/2018 [Mon] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Semi-final Match:
() Semi-final Match:
() KING OF DDT FINAL Match:

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

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LAND’S END NEWS

~ It was announced that Rikiya Fudo will be leaving the promotion at the end of the month of July. Fudo has been active in the group for the last 2 years, but will now be going forward as a freelance wrestler.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/lands-end/

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NOAH NEWS

~ The event cards were updated for the July 28th show at the Korakuen Hall and the Yokohama show on July 31st.

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

(1) Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Junta Miyawaki vs. Seiya Morohashi
(2) Maybach Taniguchi, Mitsuya Nagai, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Cody Hall vs. Masao Inoue, Chang Jian Feng, Lin Dong Xuan & Yilin Sun

(3) Junior Tag League Match: Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Ricky Marvin & El Hijo del Pantera
(4) Junior Tag League Match: HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano

(5) Takashi Sugiura, Muhammad Yone, Quiet Storm & Masato Tanaka vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge, Kenoh & Kaito Kiyomiya

(6) Junior Tag League Match: Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Sugawara

(7) GHC Tag Championship Match: [44th Champions] Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. [Challengers] Naomichi Marufuji & Akitoshi Saito
~ 1st title defense.

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “12th annual Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League War”, 7/31/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

() Yoshinari Ogawa & Masao Inoue vs. Seiya Morohashi & Junta Miyawaki
() Atsushi Kotoge vs. Shiro Koshinka vs. Lin Dong Xuan
() Maybach Taniguchi & Cody Hall vs. Chang Jian Feng & Yilin Sun

() Junior Tag League Match: HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Sugawara
() Junior Tag League Match: Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
() Junior Tag League Match: Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka vs. Ricky Marvin & El Hijo del Pantera

() Takashi Sugiura, Naomichi Marufuji, Akitoshi Saito, Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya, Kenoh & Kaito Kiyomiya

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

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TOYKO GURENTAI NEWS

~ Another match was added to the September show, as Osamu Nishimura will be teaming with veteran MMA fighter Hidetaka Monma to take on the unruly Brahman Brothers.

~ AKIRA, Jun Kasai & Ryuichi Sekine were also announced to compete on the show.

TOYKO GURENTAI “TOKYO CARNIVAL 2018”, 9/26/2018 [Wed] @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

Newly announced…

(-) Special Tag Match: Osamu Nishimura & Hidetaka Monma vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei

Previously announced…

(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. Raijin Thunder Akira

(-) Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [8th Champions] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. [Challengers] Masaaki Mochizuki & Rocky Kawamura
~ 1st title defense.

(-) TOP OF THE DX ~ TOKYO DX vs KAIENTAI DX: X-PAC, NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA vs. Dick Togo, Shiryu, TAKA Michinoku & MEN’S Teioh

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

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ It was announced that rookie Towa Iwasaki suffered an left MCL injury and will be out of competition for the time being. He was forced to miss today’s show in Niigata, 7/25, after suffering the injury on 7/22 in Osaka.

The next show is scheduled to take place on July 27th with the finals of the on-going “Fire Festival” on the 29th.

ZERO1, 7/27/2018 [Fri] @ Shiba Akatsuchi Koen

() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Chris Vice
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Yuko Miyamoto vs. Shogun Okamoto
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Hartley Jackson vs. Hiroshi Yamato

ZERO1, 7/29/2018 [Sun] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Fire Festival Final Match: A BLOCK #1 vs. B BLOCK #2

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News Listings for July 20, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ The event cards were updated for the August tour of shows. Among the major additions joining the “Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY” league is Riki Choshu competing on the August 5th show and Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh will be present as special guests.

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

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DDT NEWS

~ The full card was announced for the July 24th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

DDT, 7/24/2018 [Tue] 19:30@ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) NO TV Match: Mad Paulie vs. Mizuki Watase
(-) NO TV Match: Naomi Yoshimura vs .”Neon Ninja” Facade

(-) Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Antonio Honda & Kazusada Higuchi
(-) Soma Takao & Tetsuya Endo vs. Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani
(-) 4WAY Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi vs. Mike Bailey & MAO vs. Keisuke Ishii & Yuki Ueno

(-) Special Hardcore Tag Match: Shigehiro Irie & Jason Kincaid vs. Jun Kasai & Daisuke Sasaki

(-) KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Meiko Satomura, DASH Chisako & Cassandra Miyagi

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

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ A couple matches were announced for the September 22nd show in Odate.

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS “Odate Pro-Wrestling Festival Final”, 9/22/2018 [Sat] 18:45 @ Odate Shimin Taiikukan in Akita

() Joshi Offer Match: Makoto vs. Shiori Akiba
() Joshi Offer Match: Yuna Manase & Mari vs. Nao Kakuda & Hikaru Shimizu
() Koji Kanemoto & Kamui vs. Yuya Susumu & Masamune
() Mixed Tag Match: Takashi Sasaki & Saki vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Moeka Haruhi

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

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K-DOJO NEWS

~ The previously announced singles match between Masamune and TAKA Michinoku will now be with the UWA Middleweight belt in defense.

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

() Yoshihiro Horaguchi vs. Tatsuya Hanami
() Bambi & Rina Shingaki vs. Ayame Sasamura & Yuki Shizuku (FREE)
() Kaji Tomato, Shiori Asahi, Ricky Fuji & Hiroshi Yamato vs. Taylor Adams (New Zealand), Latrell Upton (USA), Alex Cupid (England) & Kenzo Richards (Nederland)

() Chiba 6 Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Yuma, Kotaro Yoshino & Dinosaur Takuma vs. [Challengers] Yuki Sato, Ayumu Honda & Kyu Mogami

() UWA Middleweight Championship Match: [Champion] Masamune (free) vs. [Challenger] TAKA Michinoku

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

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

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

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MASTERS NEWS

~ Another 6 man tag match was announced for the August show, as the team of Tatsumi Fujinami, Jushin Thunder Liger and Takuma Sano taking on Hisakatsu Oya, Black Tiger V and Wild Samoan.

PRO-WRESTLING MASTERS, 8/21/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

~ Newly announced…

() Samoan no Kaicho Shurai! Special 6 Man Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami, Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano vs. Hisakatsu Oya, Black Tiger V & Wild Samoan

~ Previously announced…

(-) Idainaru Tatsujin vs Yomigaetta Kaizoku Gaspars Special Tag Match: Great Kojika & Kim Duk vs. Curry Gaspar & Cory Gaspar

(-) Lucha Master Assemble! Special 6 Man Tag Match: Kendo, Shiryu & SATO vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA (all Tokyo Gurentai)

(-) 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

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/masters

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TOYKO GURENTAI NEWS

~ It was announced that Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka will be making their first defense of the Tokyo IC Tag belts against the team of Masaaki Mochizuki & Rocky Kawamura on September 26th at the Shinjuku FACE.

The match joins the previously announced showdown between TOKYO DX, with X-PAC, and KAIENTAI DX.

TOYKO GURENTAI “TOKYO CARNIVAL 2018”, 9/26/2018 [Wed] @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. Raijin Thunder Akira

(-) Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [8th Champions] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. [Challengers] Masaaki Mochizuki & Rocky Kawamura
~ 1st title defense.

(-) TOP OF THE DX ~ TOKYO DX vs KAIENTAI DX: X-PAC, NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA vs. Dick Togo, Shiryu, TAKA Michinoku & MEN’S Teioh

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

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ Highlights from the Korakuen Hall show on July 18th which include the finals of W-1 GRAND PRIX.

~ The event card was updated for next show on July 22nd. Kaz Hayashi will miss all upcoming shows for the time being as he was diagnosed with a right foot fracture. Also something to add from the 7/18 show, is that Shuji Kondo is looking to form a partnership with Koji Doi, who impressed him during the GRAND PRIX. The two will challenge for the W-1 Tag belts on August 11th at the Korakuen Hall.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Gotenba Shimin Kaikan in Shizuoka

(1) Takanori Ito vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG)
(2) Seiki Yoshioka & Andy Wu vs. Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
(3) Ganseki Tanaka vs. MAZADA
(4) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Tsugataka Sato vs. Shuji Kondo & Koji Doi
(5) Manabu Soya, Masayuki Kono & Jun Tonsho vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 FLASHING SUMMER, 8/11/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) Tsugataka Sato vs. X

(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [15th Champions] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka vs. [Challengers] Shuji Kondo & Koji Doi
~ 1st title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/w-1/

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ It was announced that Masato Tanaka and Yuji Hino will defend the IC Tag belts against their fellow Voodoo Murders teammates in Hartley Jackson & Chris Vice on August 7 in Kawasaki.

ZERO1 / Cho-Hanabi, 8/5/2018 [Sun] @ Kawasaki Keibajo

(-) NWA Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Masato Tanaka & Yuji Hino vs. [Challengers] Hartley Jackson & Chris Vice

(-) Bakuha-oh Championship Match: [Champion] Yuko Miyamoto vs. [Challenger] TARU

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MISC NEWS

~ Ayako Hamada announced her intention of retiring after being sentenced to 1 year and 6 months, with 3 years of probabtion, after being arrested on the possession of a stimulant in her home.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/PuroresuSpirit/permalink/2036409559763223/

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Tokyo Gurentai results for July 17, 2018

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

(1) Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. KAMINARI
◆Winner: Kotaro (9:07) following the Endless Waltz.
(2) Hikaru Sato, Hidetaka Monma & Takuya Kai vs. Koju Takeda, Rocky Kawamura & Takatoshi Matsumoto
◆Winner: Monma (15:49) with a Nelson Clutch on Matsumoto.
(3) Handicap Rules Tag Match: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki vs. Brahman Shu & Kei Brahman
◆Winner: Hideki (9:15) following a Double Arm Suplex on Kei.

(4) Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [7th Champions] MAZADA & FUJITA vs. [Challengers] Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Isami Kodaka (BASARA)
◆Winner: Miyamoto (15:47) following a Fire Thunder on MAZADA.
~ Champoions fall on their 1st title defense. Miyamoto & Kodaka become the 8th champions.

(5) Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki (DG) vs. [Challenger] Kaz Hayashi (W-1)
◆Winner: Hayashi (13:23) via pin-fall.
~ Champion falls on his 6th title defense. Hayashi becomes the 6th champion.
~ Mochizuki relinquishes his reign after being champion for over 2 and a half years. Respect was shown between the two.

(6) Special Tag Match: Rey Wagner & Kendo Kashin vs. NOSAWA Rongai & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
◆Winner: Rey Wagner (17:28) with the Wagner Driver on NOSAWA.

~ NOSAWA stated that he wants a hair vs hair match against Wagner next year, potentially in March.

~ The next show will be on September 26th at the Shinjuku FACE. As former WWE wrestler X-PAC was announced for the show. He will team with NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA to take on the KAIENTAI DX team of MEN’S Teioh, TAKA Michinoku, Shiryu & Dick Togo.

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

TOYKO GURENTAI “TOKYO CARNIVAL 2018”, 9/26/2018 [Wed] @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(-) TOP OF THE DX ~ TOKYO DX vs KAIENTAI DX: X-PAC, NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA vs. Dick Togo, Shiryu, TAKA Michinoku & MEN’S Teioh

News Listings for May 22, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ The event cards were announced for the events from June 24 through June 28. Among the additions is that Jun Akiyama will defend the GAORA TV belt against Takao Omori on June 24 in Monbetsu.

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

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BJW NEWS

~ A formal tournament was announced to be held from June 13 through July 17 to determine the next challenger for Shinobu’s reign for BJW Junior Heavyweight belt.

~ The full event card was announced for the June 13 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

BJW “BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Next Challenger Decision Tournament”, 6/13/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Yuki Morihiro & Akira Hyodo vs. Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa
(2) Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Takuya Nomura

(3) Junior Tournament 1st Round Match: Tsutomu Oosugi (FREE) vs. Kota Sekifuda
(4) Junior Tournament 1st Round Match: Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Fuminori Abe (BASARA)
(5) Junior Tournament 1st Round Match: Kankuro Hoshino vs. Yuya Aoki
(6) Junior Tournament 1st Round Match: Hercules Senga (FREE) vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino

(7) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(8) Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Abdullah Kobayashi

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

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DDT NEWS

~ Yuki Ueno was announced to be out of action with an ankle injury, as the May 27 show in Osaka was updated.

DDT “Dramatic · Dreams! Vol.5”, 5/27/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

(-) Special 3WAY Match: Kikutaro vs. Kuishinbo Kamen vs. Super Sasadango Machine
(-) Makoto Oishi, Saki Akai & Yuni vs. Danshoku Dieno, Takatimo Dragon & Hiratimo Dragon
(-) 4WAY Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii & Kota Umeda vs. Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Mike Bailey & MAO vs. Mizuki Watase & Nobuhiro Shimatani
(-) Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki vs. Toru Owashi & Hoshitango
(-) HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie
(-) Special Tag Match: HUB & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Yasu Urano & MEN’S Teioh
(-) Special Single Match: Dick Togo vs. Naomi Yoshimura
(-) Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie vs. Magnitude Kishiwada
(-) Main Event Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Antonio Honda

~ The “KING OF DDT 2018” was announced to be held over four days from July 31 through August 26. This years tournament was  to host 32 wrestlers in a single elimination style tournament.

DDT “KING OF DDT 2018 1st ROUND”, 7/31/2018 [Tue] 18:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

DDT “KING OF DDT 2018 2nd ROUND”, 8/4/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

DDT “KING OF DDT 3rd ROUND”, 8/25/2018 [Sat] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

DDT “KING OF DDT 3rd ROUND”, 8/26/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

~ Following today’s show at the Shinkiba 1stRING., the next KO-D Tag title match was announced to take place on June 5.

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

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

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

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KAI PRODUCE NEWS

~ KAI announced that the mystery opponent for Black Tiger VII on his self-produce show on July 7 will be against Shinya Aoki.

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

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

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/kai/

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TOKYO GURENTAI NEWS

~ Two more matches were announced as the full event card is now set for the July 17 show at the Shinjuku FACE.

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

(-) Hikaru Sato, Hideki Monma & Takuya Kai vs. Koju Takeda, Rocky Kawamura & Takatoshi Matsumoto
(-) Handicap Rules Tag Match: Hideki Suzuki & Shinya Aoki vs. Brahman Brothers
(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. KAMINARI

(-) Special Tag Match: Rey Wagner & Kendo Kashin vs. NOSAWA Rongai & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr

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

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

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

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the June 10 show in Chiba.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/10/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Blue Field in Chiba

(1) Takanori Ito vs. Yuta Suzuki (FREE)
(2) Kaz Hayashi vs. Jun Tonsho
(3) Masayuki Kono & Tsugataka Sato vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
(4) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio, Kotaro Yoshino (K-DOJO) & Dinosaur Takuma (K-DOJO) vs. Andy Wu, Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
(5) Shuji Kondo & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Yusuke Kodama & Kenichiro Arai (DG)
(6) Manabu Soya & Koji Doi vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/w-1/

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ It was formally announced that Chris Vice will defend the UN Heavyweight belt against Shogun Okamoto on June 3 in Sapporo. The current event cards are as follows…

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

() Shoki Kitamura vs. Takuya Sugawara
() Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. 5th Generation Black Tiger
() SUGI vs. Ikuto Hidaka
() Shinjiro Otani, Kohei Sato & Towa Iwasaki vs. TARU, KAMIKAZE & Hartley Jackson

() NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Chris Vice vs. [Challenger] Shogun Okamoto

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

~ Then SUGI & Masamune were announced to be defending the NWA Light Tag belts against Ikuto Hidaka & Fuminori Abe on June 9 at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

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

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

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

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MISC NEWS

~ Mineo Fujita was announced to have suffered a significant injury that he has put off from treatment. He will be hosting a Chinko Pro show on July 9 at the Shinkiba 1stRING, but following the promotion will be halting all activities as long as he is on the sidelines.

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News Listings for May 15, 2018

BJW NEWS

~ It was made official that Masashi Takeda will be defending the Death Match Heavyweight belt against Isami Kodaka on June 20 at the Korakuen Hall.

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

(-) BJW DeathMatch Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Masashi Takeda vs. [Challenger] Isami Kodaka

~ 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

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

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the May 26 show in Moriguchi, Osaka.

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 5/26/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Moriguchi Shimin Taikukan in Osaka

(0) Exhibition Match: Trainee M vs. Idea
() Toru Sugiura & Dragon Libre vs. Brahman Shu & Kei
() Drake Morimatsu & Kengo Takai vs. Takoyakida & Yuki Tanaka
() GENTARO, Tomoya Hirata & Hide Kubota vs. Yuya Susumu, Masamune & Tida Heat
() Takashi Sasaki vs. Dyna Mido
() Jun Kasai & Gunso vs. Mammoth Sasaki & Kamui
() Death Match: Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Violento Jack

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

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FORTUNE DREAM NEWS

~ 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)

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

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NJPW NEWS

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.

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

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TOKYO GURENTAI NEWS

~ It was announced that Rey Wagner will be teaming with Kendo Kashin to take on the team of NOSAWA Rongai & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.

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

(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. KAMINARI

(-) Special Tag Match: Rey Wagner & Kendo Kashin vs. NOSAWA Rongai & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr

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

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

~ Also announced to be competing: Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato, Rocky Kawamura, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Takatoshi Matsumoto, Takuya Kai & Shinya Aoki

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

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MISC NEWS

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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News Listings for May 11, 2018

BASARA NEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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BJW NEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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DNA NEWS

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

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

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

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/dna

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FREEDOMS NEWS

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

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

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

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

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KAI PRODUCE NEWS

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

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

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

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/kai

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MICHINOKU NEWS

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

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

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

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TOKYO GURENTAI NEWS

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

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

(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. KAMINARI

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

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

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

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

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ZERO1 NEWS

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

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

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

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

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News Listings for May 7, 2018

AJPW NEWS

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

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

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DRAGON GATE NEWS

~ President Takashi Okamura announced his retirement from the promotion due to on-going medical issues. Due to this announcement Toru Kido will take over as the executive director of “Dragon Gate Entertainment. Co. Ltd”.

~ With this announcement it was also made public that CIMA will be taking over as president of “Dragon Gate Co., Ltd.”, with his focus solely on the international expansion of “Oriental Wrestling Entertainment” which primarily works out of Shanghai, China. T-Hawk, El Lindaman, and Takehiro Yamamura were announced to be joining with CIMA in OWE. So their participation on DG in Japan will be reduced. OWE was originally founded in 2017 and he looks to take part in roughly 80+ shows a year.

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FORTUNE DREAM NEWS

~ Kobashi announced that he will be holding a special talk battle with Masahiro Chono on the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on June 11. This year specifically marks the 15th anniversary from their GHC Heavy title match at a NJPW show on May 2, 2003 at the Tokyo Dome.

Fortune Dream 5, 6/11/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) Special Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi vs. Masahiro Chono

(-) Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Kazumi Kikuta (BJW)
(-) Yuji Hino (FREE), Go Shiozaki (NOAH) & Zeus (AJPW) vs. Akitoshi Saito (NOAH), Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH) & Kohei Sato (ZERO1)

(-) Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) & Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO) vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
(-) Koki Kitahara 30th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Koki Kitahara (CAPTURE) & Mitsuya Nagai (DRADITION) vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Super Tiger (RJPW)

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MICHINOKU NEWS

~ In what has been culminating for much of the year, Sasuke and the Brahman Brothers have finally split and the two sides will clash in a “mask vs hair” match on June 15 at the Korakuen Hall. The show will also feature the return match for Kenbai.

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

(-) Kenbai’s Return Match:
(-) The Great Sasuke Alliance vs Brahman Brothers Alliance ~ Mascara Contra Cabellera:

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NJPW NEWS

~ All 16 wrestlers were announced for this years “BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. 25” which is set to begin on May 18.

A BLOCK

Tiger Mask IV
ACH
Flip Gordon
Will Ospreay
YOH
Taiji Ishimori (FREE)
Yoshinobu Kanemaru (FREE)
BUSHI

B BLOCK

KUSHIDA
Ryusuke Taguchi
Chris Sabin
Dragon Lee
SHO
Martly Scurll
El Desperado
Hiromu Takahashi

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/18/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Flip Gordon
() BOSJ A BLOCK: YOH vs. BUSHI
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Ospreay vs. Taiji Ishimori

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/19/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK:  Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Chris Sabin
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Martly Scurll

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/20/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Kira Messa Numazu in Shizuoka 

() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. YOH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: BUSHI vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Will Ospreay

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/22/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK:  Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Dragon Lee
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Martly Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado

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

() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. BUSHI
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Ospreay vs. YOH

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/25/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Osaka City Chuo Taiikukan, Sub-Arena

() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. Martly Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK:  KUSHIDA vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: SHO vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. Hiromu Takahashi

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/26/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Nagoya 

() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Flip Gordon
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. YOH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/27/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Nagoya International Conference Hall

() BOSJ B BLOCK: Marty Scurll vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK:  Chris Sabin vs. Dragon Lee
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hiromu Takahashi

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

() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. BUSHI
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. YOH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Will Osprey vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 5/30/2018 [Wed] 18:30 @ Big Palette Fukushima

() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. Marty Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SHO
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. El Desperado

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

() BOSJ A BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ A BLOCK: ACH vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. Will Ospreay
() BOSJ A BLOCK: YOH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 6/2/2018 [Sat] 16:00 @ New Sunpia Takasaki in Gunma

() BOSJ B BLOCK: Chris Sabin vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Marty Scurll
() BOSJ B BLOCK: SHO vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Lee

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() BOSJ B BLOCK: KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi
() BOSJ B BLOCK:  Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Chris Sabin
() BOSJ B BLOCK: Dragon Lee vs. El Desperado
() BOSJ B BLOCK: SHO vs. Marty Scurll

() BOSJ A BLOCK: Tiger Mask IV vs. ACH
() BOSJ A BLOCK: Flip Gordon vs. Will Ospreay
() BOSJ A BLOCK: YOH vs. Taiji Ishimori
() BOSJ A BLOCK: BUSHI vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

NJPW “BOSJ 25”, 6/4/2018 [Mon] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() BOSJ Final Match: A Block #1 vs. B Block #1

~ Then 4 title matches were announced for the annual “DOMINION” show in Osaka on June 9. Rey Mysterio was also announced to compete on the show.

NJPW “DOMINION 6.9 in OSAKA-JO HALL”, 6/9/2018 [Sat] @ Osaka Jo Hall

(-) NEVER Openweight Championship 3WAY Match: [17th Champion] Hirooki Goto vs. [Challenger] Michael Elgin vs. [Challenger] Taichi
~ 4th title defense.
(-) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [79th Champions] EVIL & SANADA vs. [Challengers] Young Bucks
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [18th Champion] Tetsuya Naito vs. [Challenger] Chris Jericho
~ 1st title defense.
(-) IWGP Heavyweight Championship ~ 2 Out of 3 Falls Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Kenny Omega
~ 13th title defense.

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NOAH NEWS

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

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

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TOKYO GURENTAI NEWS

~ It was announced that Rey Wagner, formerly Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., and Kendo Kashin will be competing on the July 17 show.

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

(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. KAMINARI

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

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

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ The W-1 GP was announced to begin on July 18 at the Korakuen Hall. The winner will earn the right to challenge for the W-1 Championship on September 2 in Yokohama.

~ Then the full event cards were announced for the May 13 and May 27 shows. The shows will feature Kumaarashi, formerly Kumagoro, who is now going by  and Kenichiro Arai, who was portraying Drunk Andy.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 TRIUMPH, 5/13/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama

(1) Andy Wu vs. Masayuki Mitomi
(2) Seiki Yoshioka vs. Jun Tonsho
(3) Kaz Hayashi & Masayuki Kono vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Ganseki Tanaka
(4) Takanori Ito vs. Seigo Tachibana
(5) Alejandro & El Ijo del Pantera vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
(6) Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo, Koji Doi & Tsugataka Sato vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama, Kumaarashi & Kenichiro Arai

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

(1) Alejandro vs. Takumi Baba
(2) Shuji Kondo, Ganseki Tanaka & Ryuuji Hijikata vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato & Jun Tonsho
(3) Seigo Tachibana vs. Kenichiro Arai
(4) Masayuki Kono & Daishi (GJP) vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Mitsuhiro Yoshida (GJP)
(5) Kaz Hayashi & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Andy Wu & El Hijo del Pantera
(6) Manabu Soya, Seiki Yoshioka & Koji Doi vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi

~ Then matches were announced for the next Korakuen Hall show which will take place on June 13. The main event will feature Soya defending the W-1 belt against the now heel Kumaarashi and then Seiki Yoshioka defending the Cruiser belt against Yusuke Kodama. Both challengers are competing under the “Enfants Terribles” faction, as they look to bring more belts into the group.

Which speaking of the faction, following Kenichiro Arai unamasking himself and taking out Seigo Tachibana, who is no longer associated under Ashino, Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio offered to form an alliance with Tachibana as the two will be taking on Ashino and Arai on the show. Tachibana still showed hostility against Kuroshio, as he is not eager to just join his recent rival, though with that said he is also still in a daze following the betrayal of his former allies.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/13/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Kaz Hayashi, Jun Tonsho & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Andy Wu, Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
() Takanori Ito & Ryuji Hijikata vs. MAZADA & FUJITA
() Shuji Kondo & Koji Doi vs. Masayuki Kono & NOSAWA Rongai
() Tsugataka Sato vs. Ganseki Tanaka
() Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Seigo Tachibana vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kenichiro Arai

() WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Yusuke Kodama
~ 5th title defense.

() WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [12th Champion] Manabu Soya vs. [Challenger] Kumaarashi
~ 1st title defense.

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News Listings for April 30, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ During today’s Champion Carnival final, Yuma Aoyagi announced his return to be on June 5 at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo. This show will also feature the final time for All Japan to be at the building before it is demolished to begin redevelopment in the area for the 2020 Olympics. Atushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki will be competing in a special singles match, as the two trained and grew there as part of the NOAH dojo, and then Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori will be taking on the Tamon Honda and Masao Inoue.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUPER POWER SERIES ~ All Japan at Differ Ariake Final Show”, 6/5/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Differ Ariake in Tokyo

(-) Differ Ariake All Japan Wrestling Final Memorial Special Single Match: Atsushi Aoki vs. Kotaro Suzuki (FREE)
(-) Differ Ariake All Japan Wrestling Final Memorial Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori vs. Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue (both FREE)
(-) Yuma Aoyagi Return Special 8 Man Tag Match: Kento Miayahara, Yoshitatsu, Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Jake Lee, Ryoji Sai, Dylan James & Koji Iwamoto

~ The event cards were also updated for the 5/26, 5/27, 5/31, 6/2 & 6/5 shows.

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

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DDT NEWS

~ Updated event cards for the May set of shows, including a DDT EXTREME defense on 5/13 and the KO-D Open belt in defense on 5/20.

DDT “Road to Ryogoku 2018 ~ Dramatic Dream Tan, 5/4/2018 [Fri] 17:00 @ Yume Messe Miyagi, West Building Hall in Miyagi

() KUDO vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani
() Toru Owashi, Hiratimo Dragon vs. Antonio Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
() HARASHIMA & Soma Takao vs. Makoto Oishi & Yuki Ueno
() Shigehiro Irie, Mizuki Watase & Jason Kincaid vs. Keisuke Ishii, Kota Umeda & Kouki Iwasaki
() Danshoku Dieno vs. Mad Paulie
() Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi
() Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata vs. Kazusada Higuchi & MAO

DDT “Road to Ryogoku 2018 ~ Dramatic Dream  Tsugaru-shamisen”, 5/5/2018 [Sat] 14:00 @ Aomori Hamanasu Kaikan

() Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Danshoku Dieno vs. Hiratimo Dragon
() Kazusada Higuchi & Toru Owashi vs. MAO & Yuki Ueno
() Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie vs. Shunma Katsumata, Kouki Iwasaki & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() HARASHIMA & Soma Takao vs. KUDO & Masahiro Takanashi
() Shigehiro Irie, Mizuki Watase & Jason Kincaid vs. Keisuke Ishii, Kota Umeda & Antonio Honda
() Special Single Match: Makoto Oishi vs. Konosuke Takeshita

DDT “Road to Ryogoku 2018 ~ Dramatic Dream Tokei-dai”, 5/6/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido

() Danshoku Dieno vs. Antonio Honda
() HARASHIMA, Soma Takao & Tomoya (FREE) vs. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi
() Jason Kincaid & Mizuki Watse vs. Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie
() Konosuke Takeshita & MAO vs. Noriyuki Yoshida (FTO) & Kouki Iwasaki

DDT “Road to Ryogoku 2018 ~ Dramatic Dream Tonkotsu”, 5/13/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Hakata StarLanes in Fukuoka

(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [41st Champion] HARASHIMA vs. [Challenger] KUDO
~ 1st title defense.

DDT “Audience 2018”, 5/20/2018 [Sun] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [62nd Champion] Shigehiro Irie vs. [Challenger] Keisuke Ishii
~ 1st title defense.

DDT “Dramatic · Dreams! Vol.5”, 5/27/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

() Special 3WAY Tag Match: Kikutaro vs. Kuishinbo Kamen vs. Super Sasadango Machine
() Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno vs. Dick Togo
() Crash the Super Heavy Special Tag Match: (tba) Kazusada Higuchi, Toru Owashi, Naomi Yoshimura, Mad Paulie
() Special Tag Match: HUB & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Yasu Urano & MEN’S Teioh
() Main Event Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Antonio Honda

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DNA NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the DNA show on May 9 at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

DNA 44, 5/9/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Joji Otani (HEAT-UP)
() Choun Shiryu (New Beijing) vs. Rekka
() Mizuki Watase & Jason Kincaid vs. Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) & Baliyan Akki (India)
() Kota Umeda vs. Daiki Shimomura
() DNA vs Kibatai: Kouki Iwasaki & MAO vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu (both BASARA)
() DNA vs Naomi Kingdom: Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Naomi Yoshimura, Keisuke Okuda (FREE) & Akira Joe (FREE)

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ The format for the death matches for the first set of shows in May were announced.

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

(-) 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.

(-) TLC 3WAY Tag Death Match: Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Isami Kodaka & FUMA vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Yuko Miyamoto

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

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

(0) Takashi Sasaki vs. Trainee M

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

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

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

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

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NOAH NEWS

~ Four matches, three of which being title matches, were announced as official for the Korakuen Hall show on May 29 with the event cards updated for the first half of the May shows which will feature prelude matches before title defenses.

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

(-) Kenoh vs. Atsushi Kotoge

(-) GHC Jr. Tag Championship Match: [34th Champions] Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka vs. [Challengers] Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GHC Tag Championship Match: [43rd Champions] Go Shiozaki & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. [Challengers] Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GHC Heayvweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Naomichi Marufuji
~ 2nd title defense.

~ Also announced is that RATEL’S will be hosting their own self-produce show on June 30 at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

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

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TOKYO GURENTAI NEWS

~ It was announced that Masaaki Mochizuki will defend the Tokyo World Heavyweight belt against Kaz Hayashi on July 17 at the Shinjuku FACE. The match was originally touted back on April 4 at the Hagure IGF International show, in which Mochizuki defended the belt against Rocky Kawamura.

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

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

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

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ Updated event cards for the May shows plus much of event card was announced for the 5/19 show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

ZERO1 & Cho-Hanabi Pro-Wrestling “Kuroki Festival 2018”, 5/6/2018 [Sun] @ Seishin Sangyo Unyu Special Ring in Tokyo

() Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shoki Kitamura vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Keiichi Sato
() Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. SUSHI
() Ice Ribbon Offer Match: Risa Sera vs. Tequila Saya
() Shogun Okamoto vs. Towa Iwasaki
() KENSO & Kohei Sato vs. Chris Vice & KAMIKAZE
() Shinjiro Otani, Yusaku Obata & SUGI vs. Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara & Hartley Jackson
() Electric Current Blast Death Match: TARU & Jaguar Yokota vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Akane Fujita

ZERO1 “East Japan Great Earthquake Charity Show ~ Genki Festival 2018”, 5/12/2018 [Sat] @ tba

() Towa Iwasaki vs. Shoki Kitamura
() OPG Offer Match: Black Tiger & THE RUSH vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Yoshikazu Yokoyama
() Shinjiro Otani & Kamikaze Attack vs. Masato Tanaka & Takuya Sugawara

Pro-Wrestling ZERO1, 5/13/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Hiroshima Marina Hop

() Ikuto Hidaka & Rey Paloma (DOVE) vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama & Kenshin Chikano
() Shogun Okamoto vs. Shoki Kitamura
() Yusaku Obata vs. Black Tiger w/ THE RUSH & Devil Magician

() NWA UN Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Chris Vice vs. [Challenger] Takeshi Okada (TK Esperanza)

() Shinjiro Otani, Kohei Sato, SUGI & Towa Iwasaki vs. Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara, Chris Vice & KAMIKAZE

Pro-Wrestling ZERO1, 5/19/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura vs. Joji Otani & Tetsuya Izuchi (both HEAT-UP)
(-) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Fuminori Abe (BASARA)
(-) Shogun Okamoto vs. Chris Vice
(-) Yusaku Obata & Hiroshi Yamato (FREE) vs. Masato Tanaka & Takuya Sugawara
(-) Kohei Sato & SUGI vs. Yuji Hino (FREE) & Hartley Jackson

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Hagure IGF International results for April 4, 2018

“Hagure IGF International Hataage-sen”, 4/4/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
500 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Vaccine Fight Offer Match: Takuya Kai & SUSHI (FREE) vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto (ALPHA) & Buffalo (Makai)
◆Winner: SUSHI (11:45) with the Katsuo no Ipponzuri on Matsumoto.
(2) Special Tag Match: Hideki Suzuki & Keisuke Okuda (both FREE) vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (both FREE)
◆Winner: DRAW (3:54) double ring out.
~ Rematch
◆Winner: DRAW (3:15) double ring out.
~ Rematch
◆Winner: DRAW (2:45) via TKO on Hideki and Shu.
~ After the match, Hideki agreed to an alliance with the Brahman Brothers, Hagure Brahman.
(3) lucha libre classico: MAZADA vs. Arkangel de la Muerte
◆Winner: MAZADA (13:05) with a La Magistral.
(4) Special 6 Man Tag Match: FUJITA, Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Masashi Takeda (FREE) vs. Kaz Hayashi (W-1), BxB Hulk (DG) & Shinya Aoki (FREE)
◆Winner: Hayashi (16:45) following a Final Cut on FUJITA.

(5) Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki (DG) vs. [Challenger] Rocky Kawamura (PancraseISM)
◆Winner: Mochizuki (12:21) with a Cross Armbar.
~ 5th successful title defense.
~ After the match, Hayashi made the challenge.

(6) Main Event Street Fight Death Match: Kazuyuki Fujita (FREE), Kendo Kashin (FREE) & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Masato Tanaka (ZERO1), Tetsuhiro Kuroda (FREE) & Hideki Hosaka (FREE)
◆Winner: Kashin (13:05) with a Hanging style Armbar on Kuroda.
~ Ganbare’s Ken Ohka and Gota Ihashi came out to challenge the Hagure trio as they invited them to come to the show on May 1 at the Shinkiba 1stRING. Though the two ended up on the wrong end on assault as they were then drenched in beer and soap was jammed into their mouths.

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News Listings for March 23, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ The full match order was announced for the Saitama show on May 25. The full show can be viewed live on All Japan’s new digital service AJPW.tv.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Power Dream Series”, 3/25/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Saitama Super Arena, Community Hall

(1) Atsushi Maruyama, Yutaka Yoshie (FREE), Naoshi Sano (Sano-Damashii), Keiichi Sato (FREE) & CarBell Ito vs. Masakado, Ishikiri, Revlon, So Daimonji & FG Mask (all LAND’S END)
(2) Masanobu Fuchi, TAJIRI (FREE) & Yohei Nakajima vs. Osamu Nishimura, Ultimo Dragon & Kotaro Suzuki (all FREE)
(3) Koji Iwamoto vs. Josh Bodom (UK)
(4) The Road to 2018 Champion Carnival Special Tag Match: Naoya Nomura & KAI (FREE) vs. Yoshitatsu & Yuji Hino (both FREE)

(5) Evolution vs Hagure IGF International Special 6 Man Tag Match: Suwama, Hikaru Sato & Yusuke Okada vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai

(6) Asia Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata (NJPW) vs. [Challengers] Takao Omori & Manabu Nakanishi (NJPW)
~ 1st title defense.

(7) AJPW World Junior Championship Match: [47th Champion] Atsushi Aoki vs. [Challenger] Shuji Kondo (W-1)
~ 1st title defense.

(8) AJPW World Tag Championship Match: [81st Champions] Zeus & The Bodyguard (FREE) vs. [Challengers] Ryoji Sai (LAND’S END) & Dylan James (New Zealand)
~ 1st title defense.

(9) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Joe Doering vs. [Challenger] Kento Miyahara
~ 4th title defense.

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

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BASARA NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the upcoming Shinkiba show on March 29. Which joins the previously announced Union MAX title match between Isami and Tsukamoto.

Pro-Wrestling BASARA, 3/29/2018 [Thu] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Ryuichi Sekine vs. Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PRO)
() Trans Am ★ Ryuichi (BJW) & SAGAT vs. Yasu Urano (FREE) & Takato Nakano
() Ryota Nakatsu vs. Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE)
() FUMA & Yusuke Kubo vs. Masamune (FREE) & Fuminori Abe
() Best Stretch Man V3 & Best Stretch Man ?? vs. Hercules Senga & Goma Ryu

(-) Union MAX Championship ~ Hardcore Rules Match: [9th Champion] Isami Kodaka vs. [Challenger] Takumi Tsukamoto
~ 5th title defense.

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

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BJW NEWS

~ It was announced that Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto will be defending the BJW Tag belts against Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka on April 5 at the Korakuen Hall.

BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~”, 4/5/2018 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Yoshihisa Uto
(-) Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Hideki Suzuki vs. Kazuki Hashimoto
(-) Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Daichi Hashimoto vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue

(-) BJW Tag Championship Match: [45th Champions] Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. [Challengers] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka
~ 2nd title defense.

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

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DDT NEWS

~ The match order was announced for the Ryogoku show on the 25th. The full show can be viewed live on DDT Universe.

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

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

(1) Gauntlet Match: LiLiCo & Makoto Oishi, Reika Saika & Lady Beard, Akito & Shunma Katsumata, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Ethan Page, Naomi Yoshimura & Keisuke Okuda
(2) World #1 Craziest Wrestler in DDT Decision Match Joey Ryan vs. Colt “Boom Boom” Cabana
(3) Tokyo Joshi Offer 6 Lady Tag Match: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Ito & Mizuki vs. Saki-sama,Yoshiko-sama & Azusa Christie

(4) Ironman Heavy Metalweight Championship Match: [1,298th Champion] Super Sasadango Machine vs. [challenger] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio

(5) KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [32nd Champions] KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. [Challengers] Kota Umeda, Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda
~ 3rd title defense.

(6) Weapon Rumble 5WAY Tag Loser Anal Blast Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa vs. Mike Bailey & MAO vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Soma Takao vs. Isami Kodaka & Fuminori Abe vs. Michael Nakazawa & Chinsuke Nakamura
(7) Dramatic Dream Match: Great Muta, Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Danshoku Dieno, Keisuke Ishii & Ken Ohka

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

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

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

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HAGURE IGF NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the Shinjuku FACE show on April 4. Among the additions is the team of Kaz Hayashi, BxB Hulk & Shinya Aoki will be taking on FUJITA, Yuko Miyamoto & Masashi Takeda.

~ Also on a side note, Keisuke Okuda announced that he will not be re-signing with Inoki’s IGF and will be freelance going forward.

“Hagure IGF International Hataage-sen”, 4/4/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(1) Vaccine Fight Offer Match: Takuya Kai & SUSHI (FREE) vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto (ALPHA) & Buffalo (Makai)
(2) Special Tag Match: Hideki Suzuki & Keisuke Okuda (both FREE) vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (both FREE)
(3) lucha libre classico: MAZADA vs. Arkangel de la Muerte
(4) Special 6 Man Tag Match: FUJITA, Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Masashi Takeda (FREE) vs. Kaz Hayashi (W-1), BxB Hulk (DG) & Shinya Aoki (FREE)

(5) Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki (DG) vs. [Challenger] Rocky Kawamura (PancraseISM)
~ 5th title defense.

(6) Main Event Street Fight Death Match: Kazuyuki Fujita (FREE), Kendo Kashin (FREE) & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Masato Tanaka (ZERO1), Tetsuhiro Kuroda (FREE) & Hideki Hosaka (FREE)

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

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K-DOJO NEWS

~ It was announced that TAKA Michinoku will be taking TAJIRI in a special singles match at the Korakuen Hall show on April 22. The two veterans have faced against each other a handful of times in the past, but in turn have shared very similar ideals in doing things their own way.

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

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

(-) Special Single Match: TAKA Michinoku vs. TAJIRI (FREE)

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

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

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

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

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NJPW NEWS

~ Kazuchika Okada vs. Zack Sabre Jr. was officially announced to be taking place on April 1 (insert April Fools joke here). Also announced is the IWGP Jr. Tag belts taking place in a 3WAY match.

NJPW “SAKURA GENESIS 2018”, 4/1/2018 [Sun] @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

(-) IWGP Jr. Tag Championship 3WAY Match: [Champions] Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado vs. [Challengers] Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. [Challengers] SHO & YOH

(-) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Zack Sabre Jr.

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

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NOAH NEWS

~ After suffering a mild concussion, Kaito Kiyomiya will be able to return on the next scheduled show on March 29. He and Shiozaki will be taking on the team of Cody Hall and KAZMA SAKAMOTO.

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

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RJPW NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on March 29. The show will be centered around everyone competing as a masked character, including Masakatsu Funaki who changed part of his last name in Kanji to still say his name but with an “oni” connotation.

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

(1) Mashura vs. Masked Takatoshi
(2) Gara Negra & HIKARU SATOH vs. TK2 & SHO-GUN
(3) Masakatsu Funaki & “3rd Generation Taiho” Yukio Naya vs. “Super Destroyers” Ain & Cain

(4) Lucha Libre Real Japan Style 6 Man Tag Match: Dos Caras, Dos Caras Jr. & Senor Leona vs. El Perro del Aquita, Ray Angel & Tos Cano

(5) Legend Championship Match: [13th Champion] Super Tiger vs. [Challenger] Don Crocodile
~ 2nd title defense.

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

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VKF NEWS

~ Following the outcome of the 3/21 “BATTLEGROUND” show, it was announced that TORU will be defending the VKF Championship against Voltage on April 30 in Osaka.

VKF Pro-Wrestling “Spring Stampede 2018”, 4/30/2018 [Mon] 17:00 @ Osaka Tenmabashi Dawn Center

(-) VKF Championship Match: [9th Champion] TORU vs. [Challenger] Voltage
~ 2nd title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/vkf/

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ It was made official that Manabu Soya and AKIRA will be challenging for the W-1 Tag belts on April 18 at the Korakuen Hall.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 CHERRY BLOSSOM, 4/18/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Alejandro
~ 4th title defense.

(-) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [12th Champions] Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. [Challengers] Manabu Soya & AKIRA
~ 3rd title defense.

~ Then the full event card was announced for the March 28 show in Saitama.

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

(1) Jun Tonsho vs. Takumi Baba
(2) Tsugataka Sato vs. Masayuki Mitomi (EPW)
(3) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio, Andy Wu & Alejandro vs. Yusuke Kodama, Seigo Tachibana & Drunk Andy
(4) Masayuki Kono & Hiroshi Yamato vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA

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

~ Then lastly a couple matches were announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on April 3. Among the matches is a special “Captain Fall Elimination” multi-man tag match pitting NEW ERA against Shuji Kondo and a team of currently unannounced veteran alliance.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 CHERRY BLOSSOM, 4/3/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Seiki Yoshioka & Jun Tonsho vs. Alejandro & Hiroshi Yamato
(-) Captain Fall Elimination Match: Daiki Inaba, Koji Doi, Kumagoro, Andy Wu & Takanori Ito vs. Shuji Kondo, X, XX & XXX

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News Listings for February 26, 2018

AJPW NEWS

All Japan officially announced the World Tag and World Junior matches that will be taking place at the Saitama show on March 25. As BIG GUNS, who just recaptured the tag belts this past weekend in Osaka, will be taking on the team of Ryoji Sai and Dylan James and then the winner of the “Jr. BATTLE OF GLORY” in Shuji Kondo will be challening Atsushi Aoki for the World Junior belt.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Power Dream Series”, 3/25/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Saitama Super Arena, Community Hall

() Special 6 Man Tag Match: Suwama, Hikaru Sato & Yusuke Okada vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai

() Asia Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata (NJPW) vs. [Challengers] Takao Omori & Manabu Nakanishi (NJPW)
~ 1st title defense.

() AJPW World Junior Championship Match: [47th Champion] Atsushi Aoki vs. [Challenger] Shuji Kondo (W-1)
~ 1st title defense.

() AJPW World Tag Championship Match: [81st Champions] Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. [Challengers] Ryoji Sai & Dylan James
~ 1st title defense.

() Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Joe Doering vs. [Challenger] Kento Miyahara
~ 4th title defense.

Then with that the full event cards for their next Korakuen Hall show on March 19 and then the full card for the March 21 show as well. The Korakuen Hall show will feature prelude matches before the following title defenses and then the 21st show in Nagoya will see Sai defend the recently re-established Asia Heavyweight belt against Naoya Nomura.

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

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DDT NEWS

~ Several upcoming shows saw some event card updates.

DDT, 3/2/2018 [Fri] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Ethan Page vs. Kouki Iwasaki
() Danshoku Dieno vs. Mad Paulie
() T2hee Assessment Match: Kazuki Hirata vs. Makoto Oishi
~ Special Referee : Toru Owashi
() Anywhere Fall 5WAY Match: Sanshiro Takagi vs. Soma Takao vs. MAO vs. Fuminori Abe vs. Chinsuke Nakamura
() KUDO & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Kota Umeda & Yuki Ueno
() HARASHIMA & Keisuke Ishii vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Mizuki Watase
() ALL OUTvsDAMNATION!: Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo

DDT, 3/4/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka

() Ethan Page vs. Mizuki Watase
() Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Keisuke Ishii & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() 4WAY Match: Tetsuya Endo vs. Toru Owashi vs. Kazusada Higuchi vs. Antonio Honda
() KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki & Yuki Ueno
() ALL OUTvsDAMNATION!: Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Paulie
() Makoto Oishi Hometown Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Soma Takao vs. Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi

DDT “Yokohama Twilight 2018”, 3/10/2018 [Sat] 17:30 @ Yokahama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

() Yokohama Special Single Match: Great Homo vs. Tetsuya Endo
() Yokohama Special Single Match: Keisuke Ishii vs. Daisuke Sasaki
() ALL OUTvsDAMNATION!: Konosuke Takeshita & Akito vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Paulie

DDT, 3/11/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka

() Special Single Match: HARASHIMA vs. Kazusada Higuchi
() ALL OUTvsDAMNATION!: Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo

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DG NEWS

~ The full event cards were announced for the pair of Osaka “CHAMPION GATE 2018” shows and the full card also announced for Kotoka’s retirement show on March 5 at Korakuen.

Dragon Gate “CHAMPION GATE 2018 in Osaka”, 3/3/2018 [Sat] @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

(1) Dragon Kid & Kagetora vs. Bandido & Zackary Wentz
(2) Don Fujii vs. Ryo Saito
(3) CIMA & Kotoka vs. Shingo Takagi & El Lindaman
(4) Masaaki Mochizuki & Gamma vs. Ben-K & Big R Shimizu
(5) Susumu Yokosuka, Genki Horiguchi & Kzy vs. Takashi Yoshida, Eita & T-Hawk

(6) Open The Brave Gate Championship Match: [Champion] Hiroyuki Kanda vs. [Challenger] Punch Tominaga

(7) Open The Triangle Gate Championship Match: [Champions] Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino & Jason Lee vs. YAMATO, Flamita & Yosuke ♡ Santa Maria

Dragon Gate “CHAMPION GATE 2018 in Osaka”, 3/4/2018 [Sun] @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

(1) CIMA & Gamma vs. Don Fujii & K-ness.
(2) Takashi Yoshida vs. Kaito Ishida
(3) YAMATO, Ryo Saito & Punch Tominaga vs. Shingo Takagi, Hiroyuki Kanda & El Lindaman
(4) Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Jason Lee & Big R Shimizu vs. Flamita, Yosuke Santa Maria, Bandido & Zackary Wentz
(5) Kotoka Road to Final in Osaka: Kotoka & Oji Shiba vs. Kzy & Dragon Kid

(6) Open The Twin Gate Championship Match: [Champions] T-Hawk & Eita vs. [Challengers] Genki Horiguchi & Susumu Yokosuka

(7) Open The Dream Gate Championship Match: [Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki vs. [Challenger] Ben-K

Dragon Gate “Kotoka Road to Final, Retirement Show”, 3/6/2018 [Tue] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Gamma, Mondai-ryu, Kaito Ishida & Shachihoko BOY vs. U-T, Shun Skywalker, Hyu Watanabe & Yuki Yoshioka
(2) Punch Tominaga vs. K-ness.
(3) Big R Shimizu & Ben-K vs. Hiroyuki Kanda & Takashi Yoshida
(4) Flamita & Zackary Wentz vs. Jason Lee & Bandido
(5) Open The Owarai Gate Championship Match: [Champion] Ryo Saito vs. [Challenger] Shingo Takagi
(6) Kazy, Genki Horaguchi & Susumu Yokosuka vs. T-Hawk, Eita & El Lindaman
(7) Kotoka Retirement Match: Kotoka, Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, CIMA & Dragon Kid vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, YAMATO, Yosuke Santa Maria, Don Fujii & Kagetora

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ The full event cards were announced for the upcoming shows on March 1 in Shinkiba and March 11 in Osaka. The Shinkiba show will feature the KoF Tag belts in defense as Mammoth Sasaki and Toru Sugiura defend against the team of GENTARO and Kenichiro Arai.

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS “This is our era 2018”, 3/1/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Tomoya Hirata vs. Dragon Libre
() Yuya Susumu & Masamune vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
() Chikara vs. Minoru Fujita
() Masashi Takeda & Gunso vs. Mr. Gannosuke & Kamui

() KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai
~ 9th title defense.

() Scramble Bunkhouse + Fluorescent Light-tube Death Match: Takashi Sasaki & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto

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

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Hagure IGF NEWS

~ More matches were announced for the upcoming show on April 4, including the main event which will see Fujita, Kashin & NOSAWA taking on FMW team of Masato Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hideki Hosaka.

“Hagure IGF International Hataage-sen”, 4/4/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Vaccine Fight Offer Match: Takuya Kai & SUSHI vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto & Buffalo
() lucha libre classico: MAZADA vs. Arkangel de la Muerte

() Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki vs. [Challenger] Rocky Kawamura
~ 5th title defense.

() Main Event Street Fight Death Match: Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Masato Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hideki Hosaka

~ Also announced to be competing : FUJITA, Kaz Hayashi, Yuko Miyamoto, BxB Hulk, Masashi Takeda & Brahman Brothers

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NJPW NEWS

~ The first round matches were announced for the “NEW JAPAN CUP 2018”. This years tournament will begin on March 9 at the Korakuen Hall and run until the finals that take place on March 21 in Niigata. None of the singles champions will be competing in the tournament which leaves the field open for the winner to make the challenge of his choice. Among the major additions is Hiroshi Tanahashi making his return after taking some time away from the ring for the last month and a half.

NEW JAPAN CUP 2018, 3/9/2018 [Fri] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() NEW JAPAN CUP 2018 First Round Match: Yujiro Takahashi vs. Juice Robinson
() NEW JAPAN CUP 2018 First Round Match: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Michael Elgin

NEW JAPAN CUP 2018, 3/10/2018 [Sat] @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

() NEW JAPAN CUP 2018 First Round Match: Bad Luck Fale vs. Lance Archer
() NEW JAPAN CUP 2018 First Round Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi

NEW JAPAN CUP 2018, 3/11/2018 [Sun] @ Amagasaki Baycom Gymnasium in Hyogo

() NEW JAPAN CUP 2018 First Round Match: Kota Ibushi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
() NEW JAPAN CUP 2018 First Round Match: Tatsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

NEW JAPAN CUP 2018, 3/12/2018 [Mon] @ Takamatsu City General Gymnasium in Kagawa

() NEW JAPAN CUP 2018 First Round Match: Toru Yano vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
() NEW JAPAN CUP 2018 First Round Match: SANADA vs. Chucky T

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News Listings for February 15, 2018

AJPW NEWS

All Japan announced that the “Evolution” team of Suwama, Hikaru Sato & Yusuke Okada will be taking on Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai on March 25 in Saitama.

The invading trio made their presence known against Suwama on the February 3 show in Yokohama, as they assaulted Suwama. This led to Hikaru Sato and Yusuke Okada to try and aid Suwama in repel the assault. After the attack Suwama knew that he needed to recruit the two for a revived “Evolution” to enact some revenge. There has been much publicity between Suwama and Fujita over the years which stems back to their last encounter in November of 2015 during Genichiro Tenryu’s retirement show.

Then Takao Omori took part in a press conference, as he announced that he will be making his return on the March 25 show after being out with a minor neck injury in early January. Omori stated that he wants a shot at the Asia Tag Champions in Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata for his return match. Omori did not name who he may be teaming with, but did say that it is who he felt will be an appropriate and trustworthy partner.

This match joins the previously announced main event which will see Doering defend the Triple Crown belt against Miyahara.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Power Dream Series”, 3/25/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Saitama Super Arena, Community Hall

(-) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Suwama, Hikaru Sato & Yusuke Okada vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai

(-) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Joe Doering vs. [Challenger] Kento Miyahara
~ 4th title defense.

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

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DRADITION NEWS

The full event cards were announced for the two April shows in Tokyo and Osaka. The shows will feature Tatsumi Fujinami both teaming with Bob Backlund on the 4/20 show at the Korakuen Hall and against him at the 4/21 show in Osaka.

Fujinami and Backlund have a rivaled history which stems back to the two in the late 1970′s and early 80′s in the WWF. The main event of the Korakuen Hall show will see Fujinami teaming with Backlund and Riki Choshu as they take on a former WWF trio of TAJIRI, Jinsei Shinzaki and KENSO. The Osaka show will then feature Fujinami, Choshu and Masakatsu Funaki taking on Backlund, Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Hiro Saito. This will also be a special match for Funaki as he and Backlund faced each other in the UWF back in May of 1989 in Osaka.

Then it was also announced that The Cobra will be making his return on these two shows. A former WWF Junior heavyweight and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Following the retirement of the First Tiger Mask in 1983, The Cobra became the successor of New Japan’s junior division for the next couple of years until he unmasked himself and began competing under his real name George Takano and as a heavyweight wrestler.

Below are the announced event cards at this time…

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

(1) Super Tiger & Tsubakichi Sanshu vs. Nobuyuki Kurashima & Ryuta Hasumi
(2) LEONA vs. Mitsuhiro Yoshida
(3) Takuma Sano (FREE) & Mitsuya Nagai vs. Go Shiozaki & HAYATA (both NOAH)
(4) Black Tiger (FREE) & Rionne Fujiwara (FREE) vs. The Cobra & Hiro Saito (FREE)
(5) Yoshiaki Fujiwara (Fujiwara-gumi) vs. Shiro Koshinaka (FREE)
(6) Tatsumi Fujinami, Bob Backlund & Riki Choshu vs. TAJIRI (FREE) , Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku) & KENSO (FREE)

DRADITION 2018 – BACK TO THE NEW YORK TOUR IN TOKYO, 4/21/2018 [Sat] 16:00 @ Osaka Nanko ATC Hall, C Hall

(1) TORU (Doutonbori) vs. Kinryu (Doutonbori)
(2) Nobuyuki Kurashima vs. Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION)
(3) LEONA vs. Yuto Kikuchi (Doutonbori)
(4) Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka (both FREE) vs. Super Delfin & Black Tiger
(5) Mitsuya Nagai & AKIRA (Makai) vs. Shiro Koshinaka & The Cobra
(6) Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu & Masakatsu Funaki (FREE) vs. Bob Backlund, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Hiro Saito

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NJPW NEWS

The full card has been announced for NJPW’s Anniversary Event on 3/6. After IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada successfully defended his title against SANADA at New Beginning, the Rainmaker declared he wanted to face IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion and fellow CHAOS member Will Ospreay. That match will be the main event of the Anniversary Event.

Also taking place on that show will be the IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match, with Togi Makabe challenging Minoru Suzuki. Makabe has been trying to challenge Suzuki ever since he won the title at the first New Beginning show of the year, and finally got the champion to accept his challenge.

Tetsuya Naito defeated YOSHI-HASHI at the New Beginning in Osaka, but was attacked by Taichi while making his exit. Taichi, who has stated over recent months that he wishes to move up into the heavyweight division, was recently defeated in his 15th Anniversary Match by Naito on a show he and TAKA Michinoku produced. Now Taichi aims to take revenge against Naito as the two are set to clash in a special singles match at NJPW’s Anniversary Event.

The Suzuki-gun team of El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru and the LIJ team of BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi have both picked up victories over IWGP Jr. Tag Champions YOH & SHO recently, one at the New Beginning in Osaka and the other at New Japan Road. Both teams voiced their claims to challenge for the titles, and now all three will meet in a 3WAY Match at the Anniversary Event for the Jr. Tag Championship.

The full cards for the Anniversary Event and the Anniversary tour over the several days before have been updated.

NJPW “Anniversary Event” 3/6/18 [Tue] 19:00 @ the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo

(1) Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA & Ryusuke Taguchi vs Yuji Nagata, Toa Henare, Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino & Tetsuhiro Yagi
(2) Katsuya Kitamura 7 Match Trial Series: Katsuya Kitamura vs Manabu Nakanishi
(3) Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano

(4) IWGP Jr. Tag Championship 3WAY Match: [56th Champions] YOH & SHO vs [Challengers] BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi vs [Challengers] Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
~ 1st defense

(5) Special Tag Match: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs EVIL & SANADA
(6) Special Singles Match: Tetsuya Naito vs Taichi

(7) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [17th Champion] Minoru Suzuki vs [Challenger] Togi Makabe
~ 1st defense

(8) Anniversary Special Day Singles Match: Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay

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

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NOAH NEWS

It was announced that Shiro Koshinaka will be competing on the March 11 show in Yokohama. As he teams with his fellow Heisei Ishin-gun teammate in Akitoshi Saito to take on Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge.

Koshinaka was previously announced to compete on the February 22 show at the Korakuen Hall. As he teams with Saito as they take on Maybach Taniguchi & Mitsuya Nagai.

This tag match joins the four previously announced title matches for the big show.

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

(-) Maybach Taniguchi & Mitsuya Nagai vs. KENSO (FREE) & Jay Bradley
(-) Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Shiro Koshinaka (FREE) & Akitoshi Saito

(-) GHC Jr. Heavy Tag Championship Match: [32nd Champions] Taiji Ishimori & Hi69 vs. [Challengers] Yoshinari Ogawa & Minoru Tanaka
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [36th Champion] Daisuke Harada vs. [Challenger] HAYATA
~ 4th title defense.

(-) GHC Tag Championship Match: [41st Champions] Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. [Challengers] Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya
~ 3rd title defense.

(-) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [30th Champion] Kenoh vs. [Challenger] Takashi Sugiura
~ 3rd title defense.

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

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

It was made official that Manabu Soya will be challenging Shotaro Ashino for the W-1 Championship on March 14 at the Korakuen Hall.

Soya has recently found himself on a downturn, but has found himself again with reuniting with AKIRA and bringing back the “new WILD order”. Soya stated that he is not in favor of Ashino’s acts as the reigning champion with the champions accepting of lawless acts. Ashino though is now sitting at seven successful defenses as champion and current dominate hold over the belt. He mentioned that there is still much for him to prove as champion and he is eager to further elevate the generation struggle that he feels with suffer if he loses to Soya.

Will Soya manage to reclaim the W-1 belt, which he last held in January of 2016, or will Ashino further cement his legacy with yet another successful defense?

Below is the announced event card at this time…

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

(-) Hiroshi Yamato’s Return Match:

(-) W-1 CRUISER FES 2018 Final Match:

(-) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [11th Champion] Shotaro Ashino vs. [Challenger] Manabu Soya
~ 8th title defense.

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MISC. NEWS

~ DNA : Mizuki Watase was announced to be taking on Minoru Tanaka in a singles match on the next show on March 7 in Shinkiba.

DNA 42, 3/7/2018 [Wed] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 

(-) Mizuki Watase vs. Minoru Tanaka

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/dna

~ Hagure IGF International : With Fujita’s return to the ring, he, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai will be hosting a show on April 4 at the Shinjuku FACE. The show looks to be in the same vein as NOSAWA’s TOKYO GURENTAI just dubbed under their current groups name.

“Hagure IGF International Hataage-sen”, 4/4/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() lucha libre classico: MAZADA vs. Arkangel de la Muerte
() Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Masaaki Mochizuki vs. [Challenger] Rocky Kawamura
~ 5th title defense.

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~ TAKAYAMANIA : A special show was announced to be held on August 31 at the Korakuen Hall. Of course the show is being held as a means to help provide funds to Takayama and his family for his on-going treatment and support as he deals with a severe spinal injury. Currently no matches or talent were announced for the show, but updates will be released as the time for the show draws near.

“1st TAKAYAMANIA”, 8/31/2018 [Fri] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

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Tokyo Gurentai results for October 15, 2017

TOYKO GURENTAI “TOKYO DREAM 2017”, 11/15/2017 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
450 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Kotaro Trial Series: Kotaro Suzuki vs. KIYOSHI
♦Winner: Kotaro (10:45) following the Endless Waltz.

(2) Vaccine Fight Offer Match ~ Power vs Wild: Mitsuo Momota & Chikara Momata (both RikiEnterprise) vs. Manabu Soya (W-1) & Takuya Kai (Vaccine Fight)
♦Winner: Momota (9:00) with a Small Package on Takuya.

(3) Yoshitatsu (FREE) & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1) vs. MAZADA & Masashi Takeda (FREE)
♦Winner: DRAW (20:00) Time Expired.

(4) Kaz Hayashi (W-1) & Great Kojika (BJW) vs. Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) & Rocky Kawamura (PancraseISM)
♦Winner: Kojika (12:28) following a Gowan style Lariat on Kawamura.

(5) PRECIOSO ~ Mystery of the Orient: The Great Kabuki vs. NOSAWA Rongai
♦Winner: Kabuki (8:46) following an Uppercut.

(6) FUJITA 20th Anniversary Commemorative Match ~ FUJITA Army vs Kashin Army Showdown: FUJITA, Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Ken Ohka (Ganbare) vs. Kendo Kashin (FREE), Numajiro Kesen (MichiPro) & Yasu Urano (FREE)
♦Winner: FUJITA (13:14) with a Diving Body Press on Urano.

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News Listings for October 17, 2017

AJPW / BJW NEWS

It was announced that Yuji Okabayashi has been forced to vacate the All Japan World Tag Championship belt due to suffering from a dislocated right shoulder on October 15th.

Due to this the previously announced World Tag match will still be going on as planned though the now former champion Daisuke Sekimoto will be teaming with another fellow BJW wrestler, though on the death match front, in Ryuji Ito.

In a bit of side news, Toshiaki Kawada was announced to be present to greet with fans and take part in commemorating Akiyama and Omori’s 25th anniversaries as pro-wrestlers.

Below is the updated event card for the 10/21 show…

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori Debut 25th Anniversary Show”, 10/21/2017 [Sat] 17:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa

() Yohei Nakajima & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Koji Iwamoto & Yusuke Okada
() Masannobu Fuchi & Osamu Nishimura vs. Masashi Takeda & Atsushi Maruyama
() Joshi Offer Match: Saori Anno & Natsumi Manki vs. Saki & Haruka Kato
() Ryoji Sai & Ishikiri vs. KAI & Fuminori Abe

() Asia Tag Championship Match: [103rd Champions] Noaya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi vs. [Challengers] Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato
~ 2nd title defense.

() World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [45th Champion] Ultimo Dragon vs. [Challenger] TAJIRI
~ 2nd title defense.

() World Tag Championship Decision Match: Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Ryuji Ito
~ Winners become the 78th champions.

() Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [58th Champion] Suwama vs. [Challenger] Joe Doering
~ 1st title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/2017/08/ajpw-event-cards-for-september-october-2017/

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DDT NEWS

~ DNA wrestler Dai Suzuki was announced to left knee ligament injury and a partial bone fracture. He will be out of action for the foreseeable future.

~ Then the decision match for the vacant KO-D 6 Tag belts was announced to be taking place on November 2nd. As the “ALL OUT” team of Konosuke Takeshita, Akito and Diego will be taking on a currently unannounced team from DAMNATION.

DDT, 11/2/2017 [Thu] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) KO-D 6 Tag Championship Decision Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Diego vs. (DAMNATION)

(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [62nd Champions] HARASHIMA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. [Challengers] Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi
~ 3rd title defense.

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

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DG NEWS

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ The full event card was annnounced for the November 4th show in Sendai.

FREEDOMS, 11/4/2017 [Sat] 18:00 @ Sendai City Miyagino Ward Cultural Center 

() Exhibition Match: Trainee vs. FREEDOMS wrestler
() Gabai Jichan vs. Dragon Libre
() Kamui vs. Chikara
() Yuya Susumu & (tba) vs. GENTARO & Masamune
() Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. Minoru Fujita & Aizawa #1
() Togoshi Sangyo Co., Ltd. Presents 6 Man Tag Match: Daisuke Masaoka, Takashi Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Violento Jack, Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto

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

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NOAH NEWS

~ Following the news on Okabayashi, NOAH announced that he will miss all scheduled matches for the currently on-going “Global League”. It appears that no replacement will be made and all of his scheduled matches will see his opponents gaining the automatic 2 points.

~ Currently the 10/22 and 10/24 event cards have been updated to reflect upon his absence.

Pro Wrestling NOAH “GLOBAL LEAGUE WAR 2017”, 10/22/2017 [Sun] 18:30 @ Hiroshima Industry Center West Exhibition Hall

() Masao Inoue vs. Minoru Tanaka
() Maybach Taniguchi & Masa Kitamiya vs. Cody Hall & Sheldon Jean (Border City)
() Quiet Storm, Taiji Ishimori, Hi69 & LEONA vs. Kenoh, Hajime Ohara, Yoshinari Ogawa & Hitoshi Kumano
() Naomichi Marufuji, Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, HAYATA & YO-HEY

() B BLOCK: Akitoshi Saito vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO
() B BLOCK: Atsushi Kotoge vs. Yuko Miyamoto
() A BLOCK: Muhammad Yone vs. Go Shiozaki

Pro Wrestling NOAH “GLOBAL LEAGUE WAR 2017”, 10/24/2017 [Tue] 18:30 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

() Muhammad Yone, Yoshinari Ogawa & Masao Inoue vs. Akitoshi Saito, Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
() Taiji Ishimori & Hi69 vs. LEONA & Minoru Tanaka
() Naomichi Marufuji, HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Go Shiozaki, Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke
() Maybach Taniguchi & Kenoh vs. Cody Hall & Sheldon Jean

() B BLOCK: Atsushi Kotoge vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO
() B BLOCK: Quiet Storm vs. Masato Tanaka
() B BLOCK: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Yuko Miyamoto
() A BLOCK: Masa Kitamiya vs. Mitsuya Nagai

http://puroresuspirit.net/2017/08/noah-event-cards-for-september-october-2017/

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TOKYO GURENTAI NEWS

~ Kotaro Suzuki was announced to be competing on the November 15 show against KIYOSHI.

TOYKO GURENTAI “TOKYO DREAM”, 11/15/2017 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Kotaro Suzuki vs. KIYOSHI
() Yoshitatsu & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. MAZADA & Masashi Takeda
() Mitsuo Momota & Chikara Momata vs. Manabu Soya & Takuya Kai
() Kaz Hayashi & Great Kojika vs. Hikaru Sato & Rocky Kawamura
() PRECIOSO ~ Mystery of the Orient: The Great Kabuki vs. NOSAWA Rongai
() FUJITA 20th Anniversary Commemorative Match ~ FUJITA Army vs Kashin Army Showdown: FUJITA, Yuko Miyamoto & Ken Ohka vs. Kendo Kashin, Numajiro Kesen & Yasu Urano

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