VKF 11th Anniversary Show WRESTLE NANIWA 2018, 8/3/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Azalea Taisho in Osaka
(1) Takaku Fuke vs. Manabu Hara
◆Winner: Hara (5:28) with a Jumping Rolling Cross Armbar.
(2) Naoshi Sano vs. Legend Denryoku Mask
◆Winner: Naoshi (4:28) with a Sleeper Hold.
(3) VKF Machine #1 & #3 vs. Yasu Kubota & Yuto Kikuchi
◆Winner: VKF Machine #1 (9:03) via pin-fall on Yasu
(4) Goa vs. CHANGO
◆Winner: Goa (10:07) with a Diving Senton counter to Liger Bomb.
(5) Shuichiro Katsumura & GENTARO vs. Masamune & Yuya Susumu
◆Winner: No Contest (9:40) ~ Neither Katsumura nor Susumu heeded the referee’s warnings so he called the match.
(6) Billyken Kid & Tsubasa vs. Joji Otani & Daisuke Kanehira
◆Winner: Billyken (10:11) with the Vertigo on Joji.
(7) SUGI vs. Kenichiro Arai
◆Winner: SUGI (10:11) with a Swandive style Hurricanrana.
(8) Voltage, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Minoru Tanaka vs. Akira Joe, MIYAWAKI & Hide Kubota
◆Winner: Hide (11:15) with a Gedo Clutch on Voltage.
(9) VKF Championship Match: [Champion] TORU vs. [Challenger] Osamu Suganuma
◆Winner: TORU (21:08) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster.
~ 4th successful title defense.
~ Following the match, Goa came forward to challenge the champion.
VKF SUMMER SLAM 2018, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Tenmabashi Dawn Center in Osaka
(1) Yuto Kikuchi (Doutonbori) vs. Osamu Suganuma (Doutonbori)
◆Winner: Suganuima (10:36) following the TORU-Koroshi.
(2) Akira Joe (FREE) vs. Voltage
◆Winner: Joe (8:13) following a Cross Rhodes.
(3) VKF Machine #3, Yasu Kubota & VKF Machine #1 vs. CHANGO, Billyken Kid & Tsubasa (all FREE)
◆Winner: CHANGO (12:13) following a Diving Senton on Yasu.
(4) Goa (FREE) vs. Joji Otani (HEAT-UP)
◆Winner: Goa (9:08) with the Makai-ichi no Splash.
(5) UWA Middleweight Championship Match: [67th Champion] Masamune (FREE) vs. [Challenger] Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION)
◆Winner: Masamune (15:05) with a Japanese Leg Roll Clutch.
~ Masamune successful defense.
(6) TORU (Doutonbori) & Daisuke Kanehira (HEAT-UP) vs. Buffalo (Makai) & Hide Kubota (FREE)
◆Winner: No Contest (16:37)
~ Rematch
(-) TORU, Daisuke Kanehira & Osamu Suganuma vs. Buffalo, Hide Kubota & Akira Joe
◆Winner: TORU (2:21) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster on Joe.
VKF Pro-Wrestling “SUPER BRAWL 2018”, 6/6/2018 [Wed] 18:30 @ Tennoji Kumin Center in Osaka
(1) Yasu Kubota (FREE) vs. VKF Machine #3
◆Winner: Yasu (7:51) following the Yasuton Bomb.
(2) Tsubasa & Billyken Kid (both FREE) vs. CHANGO (FREE) & SUGI (ZERO1)
◆Winner: Tsubasa (9:39) with a La Magistral on CHANGO. ~ After the match, all 4 men shook hands and it was hinted that they would form some sort of group.
(3) Minoru Tanaka (FREE) & Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION) vs. Akira Joe & Masamune (both FREE)
◆Winner: Fuke (7:50) with a Dojime Sleeper Hold on Masamune. ~ Fuke challenger Masamune for a chance at the UWA Middleweight belt.
(4) Yuya Susumu (FREEDOMS) vs. Goa (FREE)
◆Winner: DRAW (11:57) via double pin-fall.
(5) Monkey Business Superstars vs VKF Corporation 4 vs 4 Elimination Tag Match: MIYAWAKI (FREE), Hide Kubota (FREE), Kenichiro Arai (DG) & Voltage vs. TORU (Doutonbori), Joji Otani (HEAT-UP), Daisuke Kanehira (HEAT-UP) & Osamu Suganuma (Doutonbori)
~ Voltage (6:50) eliminated by Joji via pin-fall.
~ Hide (8:24) sent over the top rope by Kanehira.
~ Kanehira (9:22) eliminated by Arai with Small Package Hold.
~ Arai (11:32) sent over the top rope by TORU.
~ TORU (11:35) sent over the top rope by MIYAWAKI.
~ Joji (14:00) eliminated by MIYAWAKI via pinfall.
◆Winner: Suganuma (16:05) with the Nu on MIYAWAKI.
~ Suganuma wins the match for his team. ~ Suganuma challenged TORU for the VKF Championship, as TORU accepted in which it will take place on the August 3rd.
~ Voltage was also kicked out of the mBs unit, with Akira Joe accepted to fill the vacant position.
VKF Pro-Wrestling “SLAMBOREE “, 5/25/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 157 Spectators
(1) Naoshi Sano (Sano-Damashii) vs. VKF Machine #3
◆Winner: Sano (8:34) following the Sliding B.
(2) Joji Otani (HEAT-UP), Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION) & Shuichiro Katsumura (Reversal Gym Yokohama) vs. Daisuke Kanehira (HEAT-UP), Akira Joe (FREE) & Yuya Susumu (FREEDOMS)
◆Winner: Joe (12:13) following a Cross Rhodes on Joji.
(3) Shinya Ishida & CHANGO (both FREE) vs. SUGI (ZERO1) & Masamune (FREE)
◆Winner: Masamune (10:29) with the Watarirai
(4) Billyken Kid (FREE) vs. Minoru Tanaka (FREE)
◆Winner: Minoru (10:17) with the Minoru Special.
(5) VWGP Senior Championship Match: [Champion] Yasu Kubota (FREE) vs. [Challenger] Osamu Suganuma
◆Winner: Suganuma (10:08) with a Tiger Driver. ~ Suganuma becomes the new VWGP Senior Champion. He then declared that he wants a shot at the main belt.
(6) Hide Kubota (FREE) & Kenichiro Arai (DG) vs Buffalo (Makai) & Tsubasa (FREE)
◆Winner: Tsubasa (14:18) with a La Magistral on Hide.
~ After the match, Buffalo and Tsubasa agreed to an alliance with Hide and Arai.
(7) VKF Championship Match: [9th Champion] TORU (Doutonbori) vs. [Challenger] GENTARO (FREEDOMS)
◆Winner: TORU (16:40) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster.
~ 3rd successful title defense. ~ After the match, Suganuma came forward to challenge TORU. Though TORU offered Suganuma the chance to be the x teammate for the elimination match that is scheduled for the 6/6 show in Tennoji. Suganuma accepted the offer.
VKF Pro-Wrestling “SUPER BRAWL 2018”, 6/6/2018 [Wed] 18:30 @ Tennoji Kumin Center in Osaka
(-) Yuya Susumu vs. Tsubasa
(-) Monkey Business Superstars vs VKF Corporation 4 vs 4 Elimination Tag Match: MIYAWAKI, Hide Kubota, Kenichiro Arai & Voltage vs. TORU, Joji Otani, Daisuke Kanehira & Osamu Suganuma
~ The full event cards were announced for the June tour of shows in Hokkaido. As it was also announced that Ryoji Sai will be defending the Asia Heavyweight belt against Yoshitatsu on June 19 in Obuhiro.
~ It was announced that Mike Bailey and MAO will be taking on Koji Kanemoto and Mizuki Watase. Watase and Kanemoto have apposed each other previously, as Watase even calls Kanemoto a rival, but now the two find themselves having to work together.
DNA 45, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinjuku Village Studio in Tokyo
(-) Mike Bailey & MAO vs. Koji Kanemoto (FREE) & Mizuki Watase
(-) Great China Alliance vs New Beijing Pro!: Choun Shiryu & Rekka vs. (to be announced)
(-) Iino’s Return Match: Kota Umeda vs. Yuki Iino
(-) Kouki Iwasaki vs. Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA)
(-) Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yuki Ueno
(-) HEAT-UP Universal Tag Championship Match: [1st Champions] Kenichiro Arai & Hide Kubota vs. [Challengers] Kazuhiro Tamura & Tatsumi Fujinami
~ 4th title defense.
(-) HEAT-UP Universal Championship Match: [3rd Champion] Daisuke Kanehira vs. [Challenger] Fuminori Abe
~ 1st title defense.
~ Also announced to compete : Kevin Man (Hong Kong), Jeff Man (Hong Kong), Greg Ho (Singapore), Nick (Singapore), Red Eagle (Portugal), Baliyan Akki (India)
Keiji Mutoh stated that he aims to return in May of 2019. The significance being that a new era will begin then as Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate at the end of April 2019. Thus a new era in Japan will begin in May with his successor taking over. He wishes to compete as a new self in the new era.
Mutoh continues to undergo rehabilitation following a double knee replacement over a month and a half ago, but he is currently taking it easy after causing a crack to his right patella during training. The doctors told him it would heal fine as it could benefit him in the long run as the bone should get thicker once healed.
~ Then he announced that he will be working with Great☆Mucha to help drive interest in local promotions that compete all throughout Japan. Mutoh will serve as a chairperson for the evnts that will run starting in July of this year and run every month until December. Each month a show will be held in a specific region featuring talent from those areas. Then in December a special show is being planned at the Korakuen Hall to feature the best of what Mutoh has personally witnessed throughout the prior months. As well as a special veteran tag match.
PRO-WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2018 BEST OF SUPER LOCAL WRESTLING
~ July : Chubu / Central Region (Nagano)
~ August : Tohoku Region (Fukushima)
~ September : Kansai / China Region (Nara)
~ October : Kyushu Shikoku Region (Nagasaki)
~ November : Kanto Region
NJPW NEWS
~ The first day of the “BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. 25” was held today at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Below are the results for the BOSJ matches.
★ Taiji Ishimori (13:47) following the Bloody Cross on Will Ospreay.
★ YOH (15:18) with the Five Star Clutch on BUSHI.
★ ACH (15:26) following the Soul Buster on Flash Gordon.
★ Tiger Mask IV (10:27) over Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
~ During the show, it was announced that Fire Pro-Wrestling World (PS4/PC) will release on August 9, 2018 at a cost of 5800 yen / $52.50 (6264 yen / $56.50 w/ tax). Then a premium version was also announced.
The PREMIUM EDITION released will include 4 Kinnikuman (ultimate muscle) style figures, a t-shirt and towel in the style of Los Ingobernables de Japón, and an IWGP style coin. This edition will come in at 9800 yen / $88.50 (10,584 yen / 95.65 w/ tax).
~ The full event card was announced for the next LION’S GATE show on June 13 at the Shinjuku FACE.
LION’S GATE PROJECT 13, 6/13/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(1) Tsuji Yota vs. Yuya Uemura
(2) Ren Narita vs. Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PROJECT)
(3) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Dinosaur Takuma (K-DOJO) vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
(4) Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoyuki Oka
(5) Shota Umino vs. Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO)
RIKI CHOSHU PRODUCE NEWS
~ Riki Choshu announced the main event and semi-final matches for his next show that is scheduled to take place on July 10 at the Korakuen Hall. The main event will see Riki Choshu, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshitatsu versus Jun Akiyama, Daichi Hashimoto and Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio. This will mark the first time that ever that Choshu and Akiyama haved faced each other in the pro-wrestling ring. Which lead to Akiyama stating that given the opportunity that he will seek to capture the win over Choshu. The semi-final match will see the team of Tatsumi Fujinami, Naomichi Marufuji and Shotaro Ashino taking on Shingo Takagi, Koji Doi and Kaito Kiyomiya.
Riki Choshu Produce POWER HALL 2018 ~ Battle of another dimension~, 7/10/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Semi-final ~ A NEW ENCOUNTER: Tatsumi Fujinami (DRADITION), Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Shotaro Ashino (W-1) vs. Shingo Takagi (DG), Koji Doi (W-1) & Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH)
(-) Main Event ~ JOIN THE REVOLUTION II: Riki Choshu, Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW) & Yoshitatsu (FREE/AJPW) vs. Jun Akiyama (AJPW), Daichi Hashimoto (BJW) & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1)
(1) Takumi Baba vs. Shunsuke Sayama (ASUKA PRO)
(2) Shuji Kondo, Ganseki Tanaka & Ryuuji Hijikata vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato & Jun Tonsho
(3) Alejandro vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG)
(4) Masayuki Kono & Daishi (GJP) vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Mitsuhiro Yoshida (GJP)
(5) Kaz Hayashi & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Andy Wu & El Hijo del Pantera
(6) Manabu Soya, Seiki Yoshioka & Koji Doi vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
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VKF Pro-Wrestling “Spring Stampede 2018”, 4/30/2018 [Mon] 17:00 @ Osaka Tenmabashi Dawn Center
(1) Yuto Kikuchi (Doutonbori) vs. Akira Joe (FREE)
◆Winner: Akira (8:57) following the Cross Rhodes.
(2) CHANGO (FREE) vs. MIYAWAKI (FREE)
◆Winner: MIYAWAKI (8:37) via pin-fall.
(3) SUGI (ZERO1) vs. Shinya Ishida (Sportiva)
◆Winner: SUGI (8:16) with a Swan-dive style Firebird Splash.
(4) Daisuke Kanehira & Joji Otani (both HEAT-UP) vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG) & Hide Kubota (FREE)
◆Winner: Arai (13:32) via pin-fall on Joji.
(5) Goa, Billyken Kid & Tsubasa (all FREE) vs. Yasu Kubota (FREE), Yuya Susumu (FREEDOMS) & Masamune (FREE)
◆Winner: Billyken (14:00) with a Super-Rana on Yasu. ~ Issues were noticable between Goa and Susumu.
(6) VKF Championship Match: [9th Champion] TORU vs. [Challenger] Voltage
◆Winner: TORU (16:08) following a Vertical Fall style Brainbuster.
~ 2nd successful title defense.
~ MIYAWAKI joined the heel unit “mBs”, which now contains Hide Kubota, Kenichiro Arai, Voltage, and now MIYAWAKI.
~ A 4 vs 4 match was proposed for the 6/6 show, as mBs will take on TORU, Joji Otani, Daisuke Kanehira, and a currently unnamed partner.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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)
~ 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
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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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(1) Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION) vs. Mineo Fujita (Chinko)
◆Winner: Mineo (9:10) with a Gannosuke Clutch. (2) VKF Machine #3 vs. SUGI (ZERO1)
◆Winner: SUGI (6:18) with a n Swan-dive style Firebird Splash. (3) Masamune (FREE) vs. CHANGO (FREE)
◆Winner: Masamune (11:14) with the Watarirai. (4) Tsubasa & Goa (both FREE) vs. Akira Joe (FREE) & Yuya Susumu (FREEDOMS)
◆Winner: Goa (12:47) with a Swan-dive style Diving Body Press (5) VWGP Senior Championship Match: [Champion] Yasu Kubota vs. [Challenger] Osamu Suganuma
◆Winner: Suganuma (11:37) with the Nu. ~ Champion falls on his first defense, but Suganuma stated that he does not want the belt. So the belt is now vacant. (6) Kenichiro Arai (DG), Hide Kubota (FREE) & Voltage vs. TORU (Doutonbori), Kazuaki Mihara (Doutonbori) & Joji Otani (GUTS)
◆Winner: Voltage (16:58) with the Ten Thousand Bolt on TORU. ~ Voltage with the direct win over the VKF Champion.
(1) First Young Master Cup Championship Final: Yuki Aoki vs. Yuto Kikuchi
◆Winner: Yuto (11:57) following a diving Foot Stomp.
(2) WDWW Challenger Decision All Star Battle Royal: Real Inunakin, Osamu Suganuma, Super Gato, Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru, Super Delfin, Mede Tiger Mask, Mede Tiger, Mr. UO, Kuishinbo Kamen, Konamon, Hiroaki Moriya, Destroyer, Karate Machine #3, Umi-Goya, Naoshi Sano, Kouhei Konoshita, Teruko Kagawa & Fugumen Deslar
◆Winner: Super Delfin (6:38) with a Figure Four on Kuishinbo.
(3) BarBBB presents: Takashi Tachibana vs Shoichi Uchida
◆Winner: Uchida (8:28) with a Styles Clash.
(4) ACF Offer ~ ACF Over 40 Kick Middleweight Championship Match: [1st Champion] Ichiro Shishido vs. [Challenger] Takayuki Uchikawa
◆Winner: Shishido (3-0 Judgement)
(5) Ultimate Spider Jr. & Captain Amemura vs. Magnitude Kishiwada & Hiroto Okubo
◆Winner: Amemura (6:14) following the Justice Spear on Okubo.
(6) Fighting Row Y1968 presents: Alexander Otsuka (AODC) & Katsumi Oribe vs. Masakatsu Funaki (FREE) & Takaku Fuke
◆Winner: Funaki (11:59) following the Hybrid Blaster on Oribe.
(7) HUB vs. Orochi
◆Winner: HUB (12:35) with a Figure Four Ankle Hold.
~ Doutonbori will be holding a show at the Shinkiba 1stRING on 1/28/2018. MIKAMI and Takashi Sasaki are among the outsiders announced to compete at this time.
(8) WDWW Championship Match: [1st Champion] Akagi vs. [Challenger] Taiyoto Kamen
◆Winner: Akagi (8:07) with the Akagi Tornado.
~ 4th successful title defense.
(9) WDW Tag Championship Match: [5th Champions] Kuuga & Billyken Kid (FREE) vs. [Challengers] Ra-pid & Diablo (FREE)
◆Winner: Kuuga (14:28) following the Tornado Stamp on Diablo.
~ 2nd successful title defense.
(10) WDW & VKF Double Championship Match: [4th WDW Champion] Kazuaki Mihara vs. [9th VKF Champion] TORU
◆Winner: TORU (38:05) following a Vertical Fall style Brainbuster.
~ Mihara falls on his 4th title defense, TORU 1st successful title defense and becomes the 5th WDW Champion.
VKF ‘OVER THE LIMIT’ 12/15/17 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1st RING in Tokyo
(1) Naoshi Sano vs. Takaku Fuke
◆Winner: Fuke (1:40) with a Schoolboy
(2) Daisuke Kanehira vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO
◆Winner: KAZMA (10:24) with a the Michinoku Driver II
(3) Mineo Fujita (FREE) vs. Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE)
◆Winner: DRAW (10:17) Invalid Match Due to rule breaking
(4)VKF Machine #3, Shuichiro Katsumura (Kachofugetsu) & Masamune (FREE) vs. Shinya Ishida (Sportiva), Shota (FREE) & Hide Kubota (FREE)
◆Winner: Ishida (9:21) with the Delta Drive on VKF Machine #3
(5) Top of the Super Senior ~ Senior Championship Decision Match: Yasu Samurai vs. Jushin Thunder Nuga
◆Winner: Samurai (9:54) with a Diving Headbutt
~ Samurai becomes the first Senior Champion
~ Osamu Suganuma was revealed to be Jushin Thunder Nuga
(6) Billyken Kid & Tsubasa (both FREE) vs. CHANGO & SUGI (both FREE)
◆Winner: Kid (14:30) with the La Espalda on CHANGO
(7) Kazuaki Mihara & Joji Otani vs. TORU & Fuminori Abe
◆Winner: Otani (18:13) with the Evil Bear Bomb on Abe
VKF Pro-Wrestling “Halloween Havoc 2017”, 10/31/2017 [Tue] 19:00 @ Namba Minatomachi River Place in Osaka
(1) Tomoki Ueno (J-2000) vs. VKF Machine #3
◆Winner: Ueno (8:37) with a Backslide. (2) Halloween Rumble ~ Virtual Battle: Takaku Fuke, Hide Kubota, Daisuke Kanehira, Naoki Tanizaki, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masamune, MIYWAKI & Yuto Kikuchi
◆Winner: Hide Kubota () (3) Billyken Kid, CHANGO & SUGI vs. Dick Togo, Goa & Tsubasa
◆Winner: Goa (14:45) with a Diving Body Press on CHANGO. (4) Halloween Costume Special Tag Match: Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs. Yasu Samurai & Jushin Thunder Nuga
◆Winner: Koji & Minoru (15:45) with an Ankle Hold and Cross Knee Bar on Yasu & Nuga.
(5) VKF & WDW Double Title Prelude Match: Kazuaki Mihara (Doutonbori) & Joji Otani (GUTS) vs. TORU (Doutonbori) & Shinya Ishida (Sportiva)
◆Winner: TORU (22:26) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster on Joji.
All Japan announced more matches for the October tour of shows, as the Triple Crown match is officially set on October 9 with Miyahara defending against the Oudou Tournament winner Suwama.
Suwama has stated that it is his goal to once more become the Triple Crown champion as the belt has alluded his grasp for several years now. If he can win the belt he could also go down in history as being the man to hold the belt for six times within his career. An honor that Suwama shares with Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada which is currently at 5 reigns each. Outside of the TC match, Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa’s potential union as a team will be shown as they have been scheduled to team throughout the tour.
Then also on the October 9 show, Joe Doering will face Shuji Ishikawa to determine the challenger for the belt on the October 21 show. This will be a rematch form this years Champion Carnival final in which Ishikawa emerged as the victor.
Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi took part in today’s press conference to give their thoughts heading into the Asia Tag challenge on September 30. The two have confidence heading into the match and Aoyagi looks to become champion in his hometown area. They understand that the team of TAKA and Black Tiger VII pose a challenge as both are crafty wrestlers, but that just means they will have to be unified as a team and keep their trust high. Nomura himself is also eager to reclaim a belt after he and Lee were forced to vacate the World Tag belts.
Then Osamu Nishimura continues to carry the !BANG!TV World Heavyweight belt as a fighting champion against any and all challengers. Nishimura being a man who prides himself on his classic style has even offered the chance of the match being in favor of the traditional European round based rules (10 rounds, 3 mins. each). While Jones is eager for the opportunity that is being presented to him. The young man from Wales has been competing in All Japan since August and stated that he has nothing but respect for Nishimura and his style. He knows his current time in Japan is coming to an end and looks to prove himself in hopes of being offered a chance to return next year.
~ It was announced that Daisuke Sasaki will be defending his newly acquired Indie Jr. Heavyweight belt against Shuichiro Katsumura on October 4 in Seijo.
“Pro-Wrestling Kokeraotoshi! Kibun Seijo” 10/4/2017 [Wed] 19:00 @ Seijo Hall in Tokyo
() T2hee vs NωA Showdown: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
() Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Daisuke Sasaki vs. [Challenger] Shuichiro Katsumura
~ Then the KO-D 6 Tag belts will be in defense on October 14 in Yokohama. As Shuten-Doji takes on the ALL OUT trio.
DDT “Yokohama Twilight 2017 ~Fall~”, 10/14/2017 [Sat] 17:30 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
() KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [Champions] KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. [Challengers] Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Diego
~ DG announced the full event cards for their upcoming shows on October 1st at the Hakata StarLanes and 5th at the Korakuen Hall. The shows will feature the farewell tour for the JIMMYZ faction that have been together since the end of 2011.
~ Doutonbori announced that Kazuaki Mihara and TORU will be facing off in a double title match on December 22 in Osaka. As Mihara will be putting the WDW belt on the line and TORU the VKF Championship.
~ HUB announced the main event for his self-produced show on November 26 in Osaka as he will be taking on Dick Togo.
HUB Self-Produce ~ Dokunchu 7, 11/26/2017 [Sun] 13:00 @ Taisho Kumin Hall in Osaka
(-) Main Event: HUB vs. Dick Togo
~ Also announced to be competing: Billyken Kid, Tsubasa, Kengo Takai, Gurukun Mask, TORU, Ra-pid, Katsumi Oribe, Shuri Joe, Yuto Kikuchi and Takashi Tachibana
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VKF “WRESTLE NANIWA 2017 ~ VKF 10th Anniversary Show”, 8/3/2017 [Thu] 18:30 @ Osaka Namba Minato-machi River Place
(1) Yuto Kikuchi (Doutonbori) vs. Joji Otani (GUTS World)
◆Winner: Joji (8:56) with a Arm style Hook German Suplex Hold. (2) Chinsuke Nakamura vs. JA Styles
◆Winner: JA (4:38) with the Styles Clash. (3) Naoshi Sano (Sano-Damashii), Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION), Masamune (FREE) & Minoru Tanaka (FREE) vs. VKF Machine #3, Shuichiro Katsumura (Kachofugets), Mineo Fujita (FREE) & Naoki Tanizaki (DG)
◆Winner: Mineo (8:25) following a Swanton Bomb on Fuke. (4) Tank Nagai (K-DOJO) vs. Tomoki Ueno (J-2000)
◆Winner: Tank (9:19) with a Hangman’s Hold. (5) Shoichi Uchida & Deadball Kito & Keiji KING Matsuda vs. MIYAWAKI, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Yoshiaki Yago
◆Winner: MIYAWAKI (12:13) following the Death Penalty on Uchida. (6) Suganuma Hengen X = Asian Nundor & Asian Cooger vs. Hide Kubota & Yasu Kubota
◆Winner: Yasu (6:38) with a School Boy on Nundor. (7) Cerberus, Dick Togo (FREE) & Goa (FREE) vs. Shinya Ishida (Sportiva), Daisuke Kanehira (HEAT UP) & Kazuaki Mihara (Doutonbori)
◆Winner: Togo (15:54) following a Diving Senton on Ishida. (8) Mask Contra Mask: SUGI vs. VKF Machine #2
◆Winner: SUGI (15:25) with a Shooting Star Press. ~ Machine #2 was forced to remove his mask as he was revealed to be freelance wrestler CHANGO.
~ Respect was shown between the two following the high-flying bout.
(9) VKF Championship Match: [8th Champion] Koji Kanemoto vs. [Challenger] TORU
◆Winner: TORU (19:12) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster.
~ TORU becomes the 9th champion.
(1) Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION) vs. Mineo Fujita (Chinko)
(2) VKF Machine #3 vs. SUGI (ZERO1)
(3) Masamune (FREE) vs. CHANGO (FREE)
(4) Tsubasa & Goa (both FREE) vs. Akira Joe (FREE) & Yuya Susumu (FREEDOMS)
(5) VWGP Senior Championship Match: [Champion] Yasu Kubota vs. [Challenger] Osamu Suganuma
(6) Kenichiro Arai (DG), Hide Kubota (FREE) & Voltage vs. TORU (Doutonbori), Kazuaki Mihara (Doutonbori) & Joji Otani (GUTS)
VKF ‘OVER THE LIMIT’ 12/15/17 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1st RING in Tokyo
(1) Tomoki Ueno (J-2000) vs. VKF Machine #3
(2) Halloween Rumble ~ Virtual Battle: Takaku Fuke, Hide Kubota, Daisuke Kanehira, Naoki Tanizaki, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Masamune, MIYWAKI & Yuto Kikuchi
(3) Billyken Kid, CHANGO & SUGI vs. Dick Togo, Goa & Tsubasa
(4) Halloween Costume Special Tag Match: Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs. Yasu Samurai & Jushin Thunder Nuga
(5) VKF & WDW Double Title Prelude Match: Kazuaki Mihara (Doutonbori) & Joji Otani (GUTS) vs. TORU (Doutonbori) & Shinya Ishida (Sportiva)
(1) Yuto Kikuchi (Doutonbori) vs. Joji Otani (GUTS World)
(2) Chinsuke Nakamura vs. JA Styles
(3) Naoshi Sano (Sano-Damashii), Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION), Masamune (FREE) & Minoru Tanaka (FREE) vs. VKF Machine #3, Shuichiro Katsumura (Kachofugets), Mineo Fujita (FREE) & Naoki Tanizaki (DG)
(4) Tank Nagai (K-DOJO) vs. Tomoki Ueno (J-2000)
(5) Shoichi Uchida & Deadball Kito & Keiji KING Matsuda vs. MIYAWAKI, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Yoshiaki Yago
(6) Suganuma Hengen X = Asian Nundor & Asian Cooger vs. Hide Kubota & Yasu Kubota
(7) Cerberus, Dick Togo (FREE) & Goa (FREE) vs. Shinya Ishida (Sportiva), Daisuke Kanehira (HEAT UP) & Kazuaki Mihara (Doutonbori)
(8) Mask Contra Mask: SUGI vs. VKF Machine #2
(9) VKF Championship Match: [8th Champion] Koji Kanemoto vs. [Challenger] TORU
Puroresu Spirit 
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