WRESTLE-1 results for August 11, 2018

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

(1) Ganseki Tanaka vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG)
◆Winner: Arai (5:19) following a Piledriver.
(2) Hajime vs. Masayuki Mitomi (FREE)
◆Winner: Mitomi (6:12) with an STF.
(3) Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
◆Winner: Pantera (12:07) following a Modified DDT on MAZADA.
(4) Tsugataka Sato vs. X = Pegaso Iluminal
◆Winner: Pegaso (8:47) with a Firebird Splash.

(5) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Match: Masayuki Kono, Andy Wu, Takanori Ito & Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia
◆Winner: Tonsho (16:29) with a Tiger Suplex Hold on Lindaman.
(6) Manabu Soya, Seiki Yoshioka & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
◆Winner: Yoshioka (19:14) with a La Magistral on Kodama.
~ Yoshioka with the win over the Cruiser champ, as he called out for a rematch for the belt on September 2nd. Ashino stated that he and Kodama will leave with both singles belts around their waist where they belong.

(7) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [15th Champions] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka vs. [Challengers] Shuji Kondo & Koji Doi
◆Winner: Doi (21:18) with the Nankinjogatame on Kuroshio.
~ Champions fall on their 1st title defense. Kondo & Doi become the 16th champions.

~ T-Hawk and El Lindaman came out as they called out for the challenge on September 2nd in Yokohama.
~ Even though the loss, Tanaka stated his intentions to continue tagging with Kuroshio in the future.
~ CIMA rushed Kuroshio though and made it known that he wants to face him directly at Yokohama. Though Kuroshio hinted that Daiki Inaba and Seigo Tachibana are currently expected to return to action and proposed to CIMA to make it a multi-man tag against OWE. It appears a 4 vs 4 will be taking place with Kuroshio’s team against CIMA’s at Yokohama.

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Upcoming…

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

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

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

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

(-) MASTERS Special Single Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Ishinriki

(-) Special 8 Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Hase (FREE), Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku), Taiyo Kea (FREE) & Shinjiro Otani (ZERO1) w/ Keiji Mutoh vs. Shiro Koshinaka (FREE), AKIRA (Makai), Masashi Aoyagi (FREE) & Akitoshi Saito (NOAH) w/ The Great Kabuki

WRESTLE-1 “2018 Pro-Wrestling LOVE in YOKOHAMA”, 9/2/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa

(-) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [12th Champion] Manabu Soya vs. [Challenger] Shotaro Ashino
~ 2nd title defense.

WRESTLE-1 “2018 Pro-Wrestling LOVE in OSAKA”, 9/29/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

(-) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH)

News Listings for July 27, 2018

DDT NEWS

~ It was announced that Shigehiro Irie will be defending the KO-D Openweight belt in the USA on August 1st for Rockstar Pro Wrestling “AMPED”.

~ Updated event cards for the Shinkiba 1stRING shows on August 3rd & 7th.

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

() Triple Main Event: Shunma Katsumta vs. Violento Jack
() Triple Main Event: Akito vs. Isami Kodaka (BASARA)
() Triple Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kuishinbo Kamen

DDT LIVE! MajiManji #13, 8/7/2018 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) KO-D 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. [Challengers] Kendo Kashin, NOSAWA Rongai & Keisuke Okuda

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

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DNA NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the final DNA game for the current generation of talent. After this show the events will go on hiatus as the talent is thus open to being dispersed between the DDT brands (DDT, BASARA & Ganbare).

DNA 57, 8/10/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Kitzawa Town Hall in Tokyo

() Fighting Gran Millimeters!: Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() Yuki Iino vs. Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS)
() Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Konosuke Takeshita (DDT) & Yuko Miyamoto (666)
() MAO, Mike Bailey & Rising HAYATO (EPW) vs. Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase & Rekka
() Naomi Kingdom Showdown!: Naomi Yoshimura & Kengo (FREE) vs. Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joe (both FREE)
() DNA – End of a Chapter 11/24/2014 to 8/10/2018: Kota Umeda & Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA) vs. Shunma Katsumata & Kazusada Higuchi (both DDT)

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ Due to a looming typhoon in the Osaka region, a smaller local show on the 28th was cancelled and the Tsurumi Park in Osaka on the 29th could also see a change of venue.

Jun Kasai Produce ~ Osaka Death Match Carnival 2018, 7/29/2018 [Sun] 12:30 @ Tsurumi Greenland Flower Expo Memorial Park, Museum Exhibition Hall in Osaka

() Drake Morimatsu & Idea vs. Dyna Mido & Dragon Libre
() Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei vs. Yasu & Hide Kubota
() Masashi Takeda (FREE) & Minoru Fujita vs. Mammoth Sasaki & GENTARO
() Yuya Susumu & Heisenberg (New Taiwan) vs. “brother” YASSH & Tiida Heat (Ryuku Dragon)
() Hardcore Tag Match: Takashi Sasaki & Tomoya Hirata vs. Gunso & Naoki Tanizaki (both DOVE)
() Ultimate No Holds Barred Death Match: Jun Kasai, Kenji Fukimoto, Kamui & Toru Sugiura vs. Daisuke Masaoka, Violento Jack, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope

~ The full card was announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on August 11th. The show will feature the younger talent of FREEDOMS competing throughout with the main event of the show seeing Dragon Libre and Tomoya Hirata taking on the NOAH team of Kaito Kiyomiya and Junta Miyawaki.

FREEDOMS “Young Damz Pro-Wrestling”, 8/11/2018 [Sat] 13:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Miedo Extremo vs. Trainee M
() Violento Jack & Ciclope vs. Heisenberg & Trainee K
() Yuya Susumu vs. Shunsuke Sayame (ASUKA PRO)
() Toru Sugiura vs. Takahiro Kotori (Eagle Pro)
() Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Junta Miyawaki (both NOAH)

~ The full event card was announced for Jun Kasai’s produce show on August 19 in Hiroshima and a special death match will be held on August 28th between Fukimoto and Jack.

Jun Kasai Produce Hiroshima Death Match Carnival 2018, 8/19/2018 [Sun] 17:30 @ Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan Nishidate Taikai

() Dragon Libre & Heisenberg vs. Rey Paloma & Tsuchiya Crazy
() Yuya Susumu vs. Toru Sugiura vs. Rising HAYATO
() Mammoth Sasaki, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Chikara vs. Kenji Fukimoto, Gunso & ‘brother’ YASSHI
() Death Match: GENTARO, Kamui & Takeshi Okada vs. Devil Magician, Hideki Hosaka & Kenshin Chikano
() Death Match: Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Takashi Sasaki & Tomoya Hirata
() GCW Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Meido Extremo & Ciclope vs. [Challengers] Jun Kasai & Minoru Fujita

Jun Kasai Produce Tokyo Death Match Carnival 2018, 8/28/2018 [Tue] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) Death Match ~ Package contra Package: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Violento Jack
~ The loser is prohibited from using the Package Piledriver for the rest of their career.

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MASTERS NEWS

~ It was announced that Shiryu (Kaz Hayashi) will miss the the August 21st show due to injury. Though do to this The Great Sasuke will be competing in his place.

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

~ Newly announced…

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

~ Previously 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

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

(-) MASTERS Special Single Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Ishinriki

(-) Special 8 Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Hase (FREE), Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku), Taiyo Kea (FREE) & Shinjiro Otani (ZERO1) w/ Keiji Mutoh vs. Shiro Koshinaka (FREE), AKIRA (Makai), Masashi Aoyagi (FREE) & Akitoshi Saito (NOAH) w/ The Great Kabuki

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/masters

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ The latest W-1 TV is up, as it features highlights from the July 22nd show in Gotenba, Shizuoka.

~ More matches were announced for the August 11th show at the Korakuen Hall including the W-1 vs STRONG HEARTS match.

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

~ Newly announced…

() Hajime vs. Masayuki Mitomi
() Ganseki Tanaka vs. Kenichiro Arai
() Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
() Manabu Soya, Seiki Yoshioka & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi

(-) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Match: Masayuki Kono, Andy Wu, Takanori Ito & Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia

~ Previously announced…

(-) Tsugataka Sato vs. (X = Kaz Hayashi’s Chosen Opponent)

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

~ Then lastly Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio will be facing NOAH’s Naomichi Marufuji in a special singles match on September 29th in Osaka.

WRESTLE-1 “2018 Pro-Wrestling LOVE in OSAKA”, 9/29/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

(-) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH)

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

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the final show of this years “Fire Festival” on July 29th at the Korakuen Hall.

ZERO1 “Mid-Summer Fire Festival 2018”, 7/29/2018 [Sun] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() TARU vs. Shoki Kitamura
() Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Ikuto Hidaka vs. Isami Kodaka & Yoshikazu Yokoyama
() Fire Festival Special 6 Man Tag Match: Shinjiro Otani, Shogun Okamoto & Tsugataka Sato (W-1) vs. Takuya Sugawara, Super Tiger & Hiroshi Yamato
() Fire Festival Special Single Match: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. SUGI
() Fire Festival Special Tag Match: Masato Tanaka & Chris Vice vs. Yuji Hino & Hartley Jackson

() Fire Festival Final Match: (A BLOCK #1) Yuko Miyamoto vs. (B BLOCK #1) Kohei Sato

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WRESTLE-1 results for July 22, 2018

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

(1) Takanori Ito vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG)
◆Winner: Ito (6:08) with a German Suplex Hold.
(2) Seiki Yoshioka & Andy Wu vs. Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
◆Winner: Yoshioka (14:16) following the SK on Alejandro.
(3) Ganseki Tanaka vs. MAZADA
◆Winner: MAZADA (10:05) following a Fisherman Buster.
(4) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Tsugataka Sato vs. Shuji Kondo & Koji Doi
◆Winner: Doi (14:01) with the Nankinjogatame on Tsugataka.
(5) Manabu Soya, Masayuki Kono & Jun Tonsho vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
◆Winner: Soya (17:38) following the Wild Bomber on Kumaarashi.

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Upcoming…

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.

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

() Samoan no Kaicho Shurai! Special 6 Man Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami, Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano vs. Hisakatsu Oya, Black Tiger V & Wild Samoan
(-) Idainaru Tatsujin vs Yomigaetta Kaizoku Gaspars Special Tag Match: Great Kojika & Kim Duk vs. Curry Gaspar & Cory Gaspar
(-) 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

WRESTLE-1 “2018 Pro-Wrestling LOVE in YOKOHAMA”, 9/2/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa

(-) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [12th Champion] Manabu Soya vs. [Challenger] Shotaro Ashino
~ 2nd title defense.

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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WRESTLE-1 results for July 18, 2018

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,230 Spectators

~ Before the start of the show a memorial salute was held for Masa Saito.

(1) Manabu Soya, Andy Wu, Alejandro & Takumi Baba vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato, Ryuji Hijikata (FREE) & Masayuki Mitomi (FREE)
◆Winner: Soya (9:30) following a Death Valley Bomb on Tsugataka.

(2) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Kumaarashi vs. Koji Doi
◆Winner: Doi (7:03) with a Nankinjogatame (scissored armbar).
~ Doi moves on to the final.
(3) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Shotaro Ashino
◆Winner: Ashino (14:04) following a T-Bone Suplex.
~ Ashino moves on to the final match against Koji Doi.

(4) Seiki Yoshioka, Ganseki Tanaka & Kotaro Suzuki vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA
◆Winner: MAZADA (6:48) following a Vertical drop style Shoda-Otoshi on Ganseki.

(5) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
◆Winner: Kodama (11:09) with a Mad Splash.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ No challenger came forward.

(6) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Elimination Match: Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kono & Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia
~ Over the top rope rules in addition to pin-fall and submission.
~ Order of elimination : CIMA, Jingjia, Hayashi, Kondo, Tonsho, T-Hawk…
◆Winner: Kono (20:21) following a Diving Knee Drop on Lindaman.
~ After the match, T-Hawk called out Kono as he tried to get physical with him as well. He declared that STRONG HEARTS will regroup and regain their ground in August.
~ Kono confronted T-Hawk as the two began to brawl.

(7) GRAND PRIX Final Match: Shotaro Ashino vs. Koji Doi
◆Winner: Ashino (21:30) following an Avalanche T-Bone Suplex.
~ Ashino wins the W-1 GRAND PRIX 2018 and earns the right to challenge for the W-1 belt.
~ Soya came out to greet Ashino, as Ashino declared that he will recapture the belt on September 2nd in Yokohama.

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Upcoming…

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

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

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

(-) 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

WRESTLE-1 “2018 Pro-Wrestling LOVE in YOKOHAMA”, 9/2/2018 [Sun] 15:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa

(-) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [12th Champion] Manabu Soya vs. [Challenger] Shotaro Ashino
~ 2nd title defense.

WRESTLE-1 results for July 15, 2018

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @ Yamagata Big Wing

(1) Ganseki Tanaka (ACE) vs. Takumi Baba (ACE)
◆Winner: Ganseki (7:01) following the Ganseki-Otoshi.
(2) Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo vs. Andy Wu & Alejandro
◆Winner: Hayashi (10:29) with a Makinage-gatame on Alejandro.
(3) Masayuki Mitomi (FREE) vs. Aizawa #1 (FREE)
◆Winner: Aizawa #1 (9:33) with the Guren’nishiki.
(4) Koji Doi, Tsugataka Sato & El Hijo del Pantera vs. Shotaro Ashino, Kumaarashi & Yusuke Kodama
◆Winner: Ashino (15:02) with an Ankle Lock on Tsugataka.
(5) Seiki Yoshioka & Jun Tonsho vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
◆Winner: MAZADA (16:35) following a Masada-Otoshi on Tonsho.
(6) Manabu Soya & Masayuki Kono vs. Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio & Takanori Ito
◆Winner: Soya (18:46) following the Wild Bomber on Ito.

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

Upcoming…

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Shotaro Ashino
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Kumaarashi vs. Koji Doi

(-) Seiki Yoshioka, Ganseki Tanaka & Kotaro Suzuki vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA
(-) Manabu Soya, Andy Wu, Alejandro & Takumi Baba vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato, Ryuji Hijikata & Masayuki Mitomi

(-) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Elimination Match: Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kono & Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia
~ Over the top rope rules in addition to pin-fall and submission.

(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GRAND PRIX Final Match:

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

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

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

(-) 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

News Listings for July 12, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ Additional matches were announced for the August shows on the 3rd in Yokohama, 5th in Ishikawa, and 9th at Shinkiba.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUMMER EXPLOSION ~ YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT BLUES vol. 8”, 8/3/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

(-) Jake Lee & Keiichi Sato vs. Yohei Nakajima & Black Tiger VII
(-) Suwama vs. Naoya Nomura
(-) Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu, Yuma Aoyagi & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Jun Akiyama, Zeus, Takao Omori & Gianni Valletta

(-) Jr. TAG League Match: Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Shuji Kondo & Kotaro Suzuki
(-) Jr. TAG League Match: Koji Iwamoto & TAJIRI vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Shun Skywalker
(-) Jr. TAG League Match: Atsushi Maruyama & Masashi Takeda vs. Kaji Tomato & Shiori Asahi

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUMMER EXPLOSION ~ SUMMER DREAM FESTIVAL in KANAZAWA”, 8/5/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Ishikawa Prefecture Industry Exhibition Building

() Special Dream 6 Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Riki Choshu & X vs. Yoshitatsu, Naoya Nomura & X

() Jr. TAG League Match: Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Yohei Nakajima & Black Tiger VII

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUMMER EXPLOSION ~ GROWIN’ UP vol. 14”, 8/9/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Hikaru Sato vs. Keiichi Sato
(-) Yoshitatsu vs. Gianni Valletta
(-)  Jun Akiyama, Zeus & Takao Omori vs. Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa & Atsushi Aoki
(-) Kento Miyahara, Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Jake Lee, Koji Iwamoto & TAJIRI

(-) Jr. TAG League Match: Shuji Kondo & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Shun Skywalker
(-) Jr. TAG League Match: Atsushi Maruyama & Masashi Takeda vs. Yohei Nakajima & Black Tiger VII

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

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DDT / DNA NEWS

Sanshiro Takagi announced that after the August 10th show in Kitazawa that DNA (DDT New Attitude) will be pausing all events for the time being. All of the wrestlers under the DNA will be allowed to choose between competing for DDT, BASARA, and Ganbare.

DNA will be open to a revival once a new group of rookies began to debut for the promotion.

~ The next scheduled show will be on July 16th in Osaka.

DNA 46, 7/16/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Osaka City Konohana Kumin Hall in Osaka

() Nobuhiro Shimatani, Daiki Shimomura & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Katsumi Oribe, Yuto Kikuchi & Yuki Aoki (DOVE)
() Kouki Iwasaki & Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) vs. Baliyan Akki
(Indian) & Rekka
() Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Iino vs. MAO & Rising HAYATO (EPW)
() Shunma Katsumata vs. TORU (Doutonbori)
() Kota Umeda vs. Sammy Guevara

() Irie Army vs Naomy Kingdom: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase vs. Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joe (FREE)
() DNA Naniwa Showdown : Yuki Ueno vs. Naomi Yoshimura

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/dna

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ The full card was announced for Takashi Sasaki’s produce multi-promotion show on August 6th at Korakuen Hall.

Pro-Wrestling Sengoku-Jidai, 8/6/2018 [Mon] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) FREEDOMS vs TakoSpi Tag Match: Kamui & Dragon Libre vs. Takoyakida & Ultimate Spider Jr. (both Osaka Pro)
(-) FREEDOMS vs PUZZLE Promotion & New Taiwan 6 Man Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki, GENTARO & Tomoya Hirata vs. Touyu, Senshin & Heisenberg
(-) Damz & DEWA vs. Shi-en Ikemen Tag Match: Yuya Susumu & Aizawa #1 (FREE) vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Jun Masaoka (Shi-en)
(-) FREEDOMS vs Gamashara Single Match: Toru Sugiura vs. Yoju
(-) Naniwa ☆ Bonjobinasu vs Team Dera Tag Match: Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru & Hibiscus Mii vs. Kengo takai & Grandpa Sho Mask #4
(-) The Nomads vs BADBOY (Michinoku): Violento Jack, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope vs. Ken45° & Manjimaru & Kengo (all MichiPro)
(-) FREEDOMS vs DOVE 6 Man Tag Match: Jun Kasai, Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Naoki Tanizaki, ‘brother’ YASSHI & Kenshin Chikano
(-) Tonogata vs Wakamusha “Gekokujo” 6 Man Tag Match: Takashi Sasaki, Gurukun Mask & Kazunori Yoshida vs. Takahiro Katori (Eagle), Rising HAYATO (EPW) & Kohei Kinoshita (DOVE)
(-) Tenka Toitsu Noborihata Sodatsu 6 Man Tag Match: [Champions] Churaumi Saber, Shuri Joe & Hejor Kidman (Ryukyu Dragon) vs. [Challengers] TORU, Kazuaki Mihara & Katsumi Oribe (all Doutonbori)

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

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K-DOJO NEWS

~ The full event cards were announced fro the Chiba shows on July 16th and July 29th.

K-DOJO “ChiBattle 7”, 7/16/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Blue Field in Chiba

() Shiori Asahi & Ayame Sasamura vs. Tatsuya Hanami & Rina Shingaki
() Ricky Fuji & Taylor Adams vs. Yoshihiro Horaguchi & Bambi
() Yuma & Kotaro Yoshino vs. Latrell Upton & Alex Cupid
() Dinosaur Takuma vs. Ayumu Honda
() Taishi Takizawa, Kaji Tomato, Tank Nagai & Ayato Yoshida vs. Shu Asakawa, Kengo Mashimo, Kunio Toshima & Kyu Mogami

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

~ Newly announced

() Yoshihiro Horaguchi vs. Tatsuya Hanami
() Kaji Tomato, Shiori Asahi, Ricky Fuji & Hiroshi Yamato vs. Taylor Adams (New Zealand), Latrell Upton (USA), Alex Cupid (England) & Kenzo Richards (Nederland)

~ Previously announced…

() Bambi & Rina Shingaki vs. Ayame Sasamura & Yuki Shizuku (FREE)
() Chiba 6 Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Yuma, Kotaro Yoshino & Dinosaur Takuma vs. [Challengers] Yuki Sato, Ayumu Honda & Kyu Mogami
() Special Single Match: TAKA Michinoku vs. Masamune (free)

(-) 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

A couple more matches were announced for the August 21st show at the Korakuen Hall, with a special singles match and a lucha libre style showdown taking place.

The single match will feature Yoshiaki Fujiwara taking on Ishinriki. The master grappler will be taking on a former sumo wrestler turned pro-wrestler.

Then the lucha match will feature the masked man combination of Kendo, Shiryu and SATO against the Tokyo Gurentai team of NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA and FUJITA.

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

(-) 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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NOAH NEWS

It was announced official that not one but two new rookies will be making their debut on the upcoming “DEPARTURE 2018” show on August 5th. They are as follows…

Kinya Okada (岡田欣也) Born November 17, 1992 from Osaka City and Pref., Height 178cm and Weight currently at 103kg. His athletic background is in Taekwondo and Amateur Wrestling. He began training in the dojo in August of 2017.

Yoshiki Inamura (稲村愛輝) Born November 18, 1992 from Otawara City, Tochigi Pref., Height 180cm and Weight currently at 105kg. His athletic background is in Judo, Sumo, and Gakusei (Student) Wrestling.  He began training in the dojo in September of 2017.

Both trainees have been in the dojo for close to a year. This was noted as both were working in their previous job field while they attempted to make the transition over to full-time pro-wrestlers. Junta Miyawaki was the last rookie to debut just a year prior.

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “DEPARTURE 2018 ~ 12th annual Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League War”, 8/5/2018 [Sun] 11:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Kinya Okada & Yoshiki Inamura Debut Matches:

() Takashi Sugiura, Naomichi Marufuji, Masato Tanaka & Akitoshi Saito vs. Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Kenoh

() Junior Tag League Final Match: (#1) vs. (#2)

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

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TAKAYAMANIA NEWS

Another match was added to the August show, as New Japan will be offering their own showing as Yuji Nagata teams with Young Lion Ren Narita to take on the team of Hiroyoshi Tenzan and another Young Lion in Shota Umino.

Then with that all seven matches are now set for the show which can be considered a true All-Star show with most of the top promotions, and top name freelance wrestlers, in Japan featured throughout.

TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE, 8/31/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

Newly announced…

(5) NJPW Offer Match: Yuji Nagata & Ren Narita vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shota Umino

Previously announced…

(1) Battle Royal: (to be announced) Shinjiro Otani, Sanshiro Takagi…

(-) Jun Akiyama (AJPW) & Dick Togo (MichiPro) vs. Takao Omori (AJPW) & Danshoku Dieno (DDT)
(-) Takashi Sugiura (NOAH) & Meiko Satomura (Sendai Girls) vs. Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls)

(4) Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Isami Kodaka (BASARA) vs. Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION) & Takuma Sano (FREE)

(6) Semi-final Match: Shuji Ishikawa (FREE), Yuji Hino (FREE) & Konosuke Takeshita (DDT) vs. Suwama (AJPW), Ryota Hama (BJW) & Kazusada Higuchi (DDT)

(7) Main Event: Minoru Suzuki (Pancrase MISSION), NOSAWA Rongai (Gurentai) & MAZADA (Gurentai) vs. Taiyo Kea (FREE), Kaz Hayashi (W-1) & TAKA Michinoku (K-DOJO)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/takayamania/

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ It was announced that Jun Tonsho has moved from Pro-Wrestling ACE to being a full-time member of W-1. The 19 year old Tonsho was a member of the first training school under W-1 in 2015 and made his debut in March of 2016. Though currently on the skinnier side he has looked to have garnered Kaz Hayashi’s attention and has become a protege of sorts to president and head trainer on W-1.

Then the full event card order was announced for the July 15th show in Yamagata.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @ Yamagata Big Wing

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

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

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News Listings for July 6, 2018

BJW NEWS

~ The full event cards were released for the July 21st in Osaka and July 29th shows. Among the announcements is that Miyamoto & Kodaka will be defending the BJW Tag belts against Takeda & Tsukamoto in Osaka.

Big Japan Pro-Wrestling “Osaka Surprise 38 – STRONG WORLD 2018”, 7/21/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

(0) Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Akira Hyodo

(1) Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuki Morihiro vs. Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa
(2) Junior Special 6 Tag Match: Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga & Kota Sekifuda vs. Dick Togo (MichiPro), HUB (FREE) & Tsubasa (FREE)
(3) Death Match: Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Kankuro Hoshino
(4) Special 6 Tag Match: Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Kendo Kashin (FREE), Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(5) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoua & Yuya Aoki vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Kazumi Kikuta & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(6) Special Tag Match: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuyuki Fujita (FREE) vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani

(7) BJW Tag Championship Death Match: [46th Champions] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. [Challengers ]Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto
~ 3rd title defense.

(8) BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Hideki Suzuki (FREE) vs. [Challenger] Yoshihisa Uto
~ 3rd title defense.

BJW “Death Market 45”, 7/29/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Nagoya Diamond Hall in Aichi

(1) Yuki Morihiro & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Takuho Kato & Akira Hyodo
(2) Frank Atsushi vs. Kota Sekifuda
(3) Kazuki Hashimoto Yuya Aoki vs. Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe
(4) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa UIto vs. Kankuro Hoshino, Kazumi Kikuta & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(5) Great Kojika & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Masashi Aoyagi (FREE) & Abdullah Kobayashi
(6) Hideki Suzuki & Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(7) Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto & Jaki Numazawa vs. Ryuji Ito, Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki

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

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DDT NEWS

~ The event cards were updated fro the July 10th, July 22nd & July 24th shows.

DDT LIVE! MajiManji #11, 7/10/2018 [Tue] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(0) NO TV Match: Yuki Ueno vs. Akito
(0) NO TV Match: Danshoku Dieno vs. Rekka

() Daisuke Sasaki & ASUKA vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Makoto Oishi
() Shigehiro Irie, Sammy Guevara & “Neon Ninja” Facade vs. Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie vs. Keisuke Ishii, MAO & Daiki Shimomura
() Iron Man Heavy Metalweight Championship Battle Royal: [Champion] KUDO vs. [Challengers] Konosuke Takeshita, Toru Owashi, Masahiro Takanashi, Saki Akai, Nobuhiro Shimatani & Saori Anno
() Naomi Yoshimura & Keisuke Okuda vs. Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki
(-) Dick Togo vs. Kota Umeda

(-) DDT EXTREME Championship ~ Blindfold Match: [Champion] HARASHIMA vs. [Challenger] Antonio Honda

DDT “Summer Vacation 2018”, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(0) Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Yuki Ueno
() Yukio Sakaguchi, Masahiro Takanashi, Keisuke Ishii & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Sammy Guevara, Jason “The Gift” Kincaid, “Neon Ninja” Facade & Mizuki Watase
() Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki vs. AUSKA (WAVE)
() Uchicomi! Openweight Ultimate Championship Belt Decision Tag Rumble: KUDO & Saki Akai vs. Antonio Honda & Alex Ace vs. Soma Takao & Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Super Sasadango Machine & Yuki Iino vs. Kota Umeda & Kouki Iwasaki vs. Ken Ohka & Gota Ihashi
() Francoise ☆ Takagi, Margaret ★ Owashi & Kazuko Hirata vs. Keiko Junior Takeshita, Akiko & Carousel ♥ Shun

(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [64th Champions] Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie vs. [Challengers] MAO & Mike Bailey
~ 1st title defense.

(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [62nd Champion] Shigehiro Irie vs. [Challenger] HARASHIMA
~ 2nd title defense.

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

(-) 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

~ Updated events card for the Shinkiba 1stRING Show on July 15th and the competing wrestlers were announced for the July 29th in Osaka.

Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @  Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Yuya Susumu & Dragon Libre vs. Shinobu & Koju Takeda (666)
() Takashi Sasaki & Tomoya Hirata vs. GENTARO & Heisenberg (New Taiwan)
() Mammoth Sasaki, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Chikara vs. Toru Sugiura, Kamui & Sugiuraman Great
() Death Match: Minoru Fujita vs. Miedo Extremo
() Death Match: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Ciclope
() Death Match: Masashi Takeda & Jun Kasai vs. Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka

Jun Kasai Produce ~ Osaka Death Match Carnival 2018, 7/29/2018 [Sun] 12:30 @ Tsurumi Greenland Flower Expo Memorial Park, Museum Exhibition Hall in Osaka

~ Announced to compete: Jun Kasai, GENTARO, Mammoth Sasaki, Kamui, Yuya Susumu, Kenji Fukimoto, Toru Sugiura, Dragon Libre & Tomoya Hirata
~ Masashi Takeda, Minoru Fujita, Daisuke Masaoka, Violento Jack, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope
DOVE : Gusno, Naoki Tanizaki & ‘brother’ YASSHI
– Heisenberg (New Taiwan) & Tiida Heat (Ryuku Dragon)
– Brahman Brothers, Kubota Brothers, Drake Morimatsu, Dyna Mido & Idea

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

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MASTERS NEWS

~ BATT’s opponents were announced to be the Heisei Ishingun team of Shiro Koshinaka, AKIRA, Masashi Aoyagi and Akitoshi Saito. The Heisei team will be joined with The Great Kabuki being in their corner for the match.

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

(-) 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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NOAH NEWS

~ Updated event cards for the July 28th and July 31st shows.

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

() Yoshinari Ogawa & Junta Miyawaki vs. Seiya Morohashi & LEONA
() Maybach Taniguchi, Mitsuya Nagai, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Cody Hall vs. Masao Inoue, Chang Jian Feng, Lin Dong Xuan & MA Zhu Jiang

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

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

() 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

() 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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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ The latest W-1 TV was released which features the first round matches of the “W-1 GRAND PRIX” on July 1st.

~ The full card was announced for the July 22nd show in Gotenba, Shizuoka.

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

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

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News Listings for July 3, 2018

AJPW NEWS

All Japan announced the updated event cards for the July tour of shows.

Among the additions is Atsushi Aoki defending the World Junior belt against Koji Iwamoto on July 15th at the Korakuen Hall. Then Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa will defend the World Tag belts against the team of TAJIRI & Gianni Valletta on July 22nd in Hakata.

Then Ishikiri will miss the July 5th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING after suffering from an abdominal muscle fissure. His fellow LAND’S END teammate in Revlon will compete in his absence.

Gianni Valletta (Pro-Wrestling Malta)
Height : 192cm – Weight : 110kg
Born : August 8, 1989 – Debut : October 22, 2011
Title History : PWM Heavyweight Champion & BEW Heavyweight Champion
Signature Moves : TKO & Sleeper Hold

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “SUMMER ACTION SERIES”, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [47th Champion] Atsushi Aoki vs. [Challenger] Koji Iwamoto
~ 4th title defense.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “SUMMER ACTION SERIES”, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Hakata StarLanes in Fukuoka

(-) World Tag Championship Match: [83rd Champions] Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa vs. [Challengers] TAJIRI & Gianni Valletta
~ 1st title defense.

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

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HARD HIT NEWS

~ The full event card and match order was announced for the upcoming show on July 7th at the Yokohama Radiant Hall.

Hard Hit “fight 4 da future”, 7/7/2018 [Sat] 12:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

(0) Dark Match: Masao Ando (FREE) vs. Tetsuya Izuchi (HEAT-UP)
(0) Dark Match: SUSHI (FREE) vs. Raito Shimizu (Mumeijyuku Pro)

(1) Sen “Silencer” Nakadai (FREE) vs. Poai Suganuma (BJ Penn MMA)
(2) Atsushi Aoki (AJPW) vs. Hidenobu Koike (GRABAKA)
(3) Daisuke Nakamura (U-FILE Camp) & Kenta Hattori (Kachofugets) vs. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki (FREE) & Chris MAN Taro (Chris Office)
(4) WINDY Tomomi (Pancrase ISM) & Yukiko Seki (Kachofugetsu) vs. Hanako Nakamori (PURE-J) & Saki (Actress girl’Z)
(5) Yoshio “Hitokui” Takahashi (D-ONE Gym) vs. Takuya Wada (FREE)
(6) Shootboxing SB Expert Rules (3 min 3R): Sho Karasawa (Kachofugetsu) vs. Genki
(7) Rocky Kawamura (PancraseISM) vs. Takatoshi Matsumoto (Reversal Gym ALPHA)
(8) Hikaru Sato vs. Yuu Iizuka (HEAT-UP)
(9) Hideki “Shrek” Sekine (Risshi-Kaikan) vs. Fuminori “Taido” Abe (BASARA)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/hard-hit/

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MASAKATSU FUNAKI NEWS

Masakatsu Funaki announced several matches for his upcoming 33rd anniversary show which he will be holding on September 30th at the EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium. Among the announcements is that Funaki will be dawning the Shinsetsu Tiger Mask which he wore in a 2004 movie, very rough documentary, about The First Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama.

Masakatsu Funaki 33rd Anniversary Show, 9/30/2018 [Sun] @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

(-) Sane Kikuta vs. Alexander Otsuka
(-) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Shinsetsu Tiger Mask, Super Tiger & “3rd Tiger Mask” Koji Kanemoto vs. Super Black Tigers

~ Also announced to be appear : Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Genichiro Tenryu, The Great Kabuki & Yuki Kondo

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MASTERS NEWS

Keiji Mutoh announced that the next MASTERS show will be held on August 21st at the Korakuen Hall and that the main event will see a BATT (Bad Ass Translate Trading) revival.

The group was originally formed in early 2001 (NJPW), consisting of Hiroshi Hase, Shinjiro Otani, Taiyo Kea, and Done Frye, and ran for the next year until Mutoh left All Japan in 2002. The original ideals of the team was a group without boarders as Mutoh brought together Kea from All Japan, which they competed in both promotions together, and even Shinzaki from Michinoku Pro.

This will be the first MASTERS show that Mutoh himself cannot compete as he is still recouping after double knee replacement surgery earlier in the year. Though he announced that he plans to be in the corner of  Shinjiro Otani, Jinsei Shinzaki, Taiyo Kea and Hiroshi Hase as they will be taking on a currently unannounced team. Mutoh seeks for the spirit of “pro wrestling love” to be flowing once more. Which Mutoh feels all four of these men are capable of bringing forth in his own absence from in the ring.

As for Mutoh himself, he added that his plan is still to return in the Spring of 2019, but at this time his training is still at a slow process. That he already suffered a previously mentioned set-back and he cannot afford anymore at this time.

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

(-) Special 8 Man Tag Match: Shinjiro Otani, Jinsei Shinzaki, Taiyo Kea & Hiroshi Hase w/ Keiji Mutoh vs. (to be announced)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/masters/

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

More matches were announced for the Korakuen Hall show on July 18th, GRAND PRIX semi-finals, Cruiser defense, and Hayashi announced the team to challenge STRONG HEARTS.

With the semi-finals for the GRAND PRIX now set, following the 1st round matches on 7/1, the four finalists came out to build the prelude for the show. The former teammates in Koji Doi and Kumaarashi will face off and, in a rematch from a W-1 title match in September of 2017, the W-1 Result and Tag Champion Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio faces Shotaro Ashino.

The W-1 Cruiser Champion Yusuke Kodama and the challenger El Hijo del Pantera met with the press to further build towards the upcoming title defense. Kodama stated that he acknowledges the direct loss that he suffered to the challenger, but that will not be the same result when the title is on the line. Pantera stated that he has known Kodama for 6 years now, stemming from their time together in WNC, and he is grateful to all that he has learned from his former ally. Though he is eager to become a champion himself in Japan and show himself as a top cruiser in W-1.

Then Kaz Hayashi announced that he will be teaming with  Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kono and Jun Tonsho to take on the invding STRONG HEARTS group. He also announced the match will be under elimination rules with the addition of over the top rope to be in effect as well.

Below is the announced event card at this time…

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Shotaro Ashino
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Kumaarashi vs. Koji Doi

(-) Seiki Yoshioka, Ganseki Tanaka & Kotaro Suzuki vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA
(-) Manabu Soya, Andy Wu, Alejandro & Takumi Baba vs. Takanori Ito, Tsugataka Sato, Ryuji Hijikata & Masayuki Mitomi

(-) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Elimination Match: Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo, Masayuki Kono & Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia
~ Over the top rope rules in addition to pin-fall and submission.

(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GRAND PRIX Final Match:

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ZERO1 NEWS

It was announced that the promotion will be undergoing a management change. As of the start of this month Yoshitaka Ono has stepped down as the CEO and has given the reigns to the talent and staff to run the promotion going forward.

Katsumi Sasazaki, active referee and now former sales manager, will be taking up the role as the Representative Director and President and Shinjiro Otani will be taking over as the Chairman of the Board. The Vice-President role will be split up between Masato Tanaka and Kohei Sato, with Takaiwa taking over duties of managing the wrestlers, and ring announcer Yoshiya Okita also now being placed with the duty of the sales department.

Otani stated that the promotion is beginning to see signs of recovery and he does not wish to disappoint as he strives to provide their passion of hot pro-wrestling.

Pro-Wrestling ZERO 1, Dream on Stage Inc.

Representative Director and President : Katsumi Sasazaki
Chairman of the Board : Shinjiro Otani
Vice President : Masato Tanaka & Kohei Sato
Managing Director : Maki Yuhara
General Manager : Matazo Mimata
Chairman of Talent : Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Sales Manager : Yoshiya Okita

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WRESTLE-1 results for July 1, 2018

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/1/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Odawara Arena, Sub Arena in Kanagawa

(1) Andy Wu & Alejandro vs. Masayuki Mitomi (Ehime) & Hideo Toda (Chigasaki)
◆Winner: Wu (7:53) with the Shenlong on Mitomi.
(2) Manabu Soya, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Tsugataka Sato, Jun Tonsho & Ganseki Tanaka
◆Winner: Soya (11:51) following the Wild Bomber on Ganseki.
(3) Yusuke Kodama vs. Seiki Yoshioka vs. El Hijo del Pantera
◆Winner: Pantera (7:17) with a Crucifix Hold on Kodama.
~ Pantera with the direct win over Kodama before the title challenge on July 18th.

(4) GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Takanori Ito vs. Kumaarashi
◆Winner: Kumaarashi (11:07) following a Diving Senton.
(5) GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Koji Doi
◆Winner: Doi (14:10) with a Nankinjogatame (scissored armbar).
~ The two shook hands after the match.
(6) GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Shotaro Ashino
◆Winner: Ashino (11:57) following a T-Bone Suplex.
(7) GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Masayuki Kono
◆Winner: Kuroshio (13:24) with a Moonsault Press.

~ The semi-final matches are set for the Korakuen Hall show on July 18th.

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

Upcoming..

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @ Yamagata Big Wing

() Ganseki Tanaka vs. Takumi Baba
() Masayuki Mitomi vs. Aizawa #1
() Seiki Yoshioka & Jun Tonsho vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
() Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo vs. Andy Wu & Alejandro
() Manabu Soya & Masayuki Kono vs. Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio & Takanori Ito
() Koji Doi, Tsugataka Sato & El Hijo del Pantera vs. Shotaro Ashino, Kumaarashi & Yusuke Kodama

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Shotaro Ashino
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: Kumaarashi vs. Koji Doi

(-) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Match: X, X, X & X vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia

(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GRAND PRIX Final Match:

News Listings for June 29, 2018

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/06/july-2018-update/

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BASARA NEWS

~ Updated event card for the July 12th show at the Shinjuku FACE.

BASARA, 7/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(-) Goma Ryu vs. Yoshihisa Uto (BJW)
(-) Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano vs. Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa
(-) Trans Am ★ Hiroshi, SAGAT & Yusuke Kubo vs. Fuminori Abe, Manabu Hara & Takuya Nomura (BJW)

(-) Nombre Contra Nombre: Trans Am ★ Ryuichi (BJW) vs. Ryuji Sekine
~ If Ryuichi losses, he will be named Trans Am ★ Ryuji. If Sekine losses, he will have the Kanji in his first name changed from 龍一 to 龍二.
~ Special referee : Tsutomu Oosugi
(-) Nombre Contra Nombre: Best Stretch Man V3 vs. Banana Senga
~ If V3 (Daichi Kazato) losses, he will be V3 for the rest of his career. If (Hercules) Senga losses he will be called Banana for the rest of his career.
~ Special referee : Tsutomu Oosugi

(-) Isami Kodaka Debut 16th Anniversary Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE)

(-) Itadaki Tournament Final Match: FUMA vs. Ryota Nakatsu

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

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BJW NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the July 24th show at the Korakuen Hall. The main event will feature

Big Japan Pro-Wrestling, 7/24/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Yuki Morihiro & Takuho Kato vs. Yuki Ishikawa & Akira Hyodo
(2) Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Yuichi Taniguchi, Jaki Numazawa & Ryuichi Sekine (BASARA)
(3) Shinobu, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kota Sekifuda & Yuya Aoki
(4) Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe (BASARA)
(5) Hideki Suzuki (FREE) & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(6) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(7) 3WAY Tag Fluorescent Light-tubes & Symbolic Weapon Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/bjw

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DNA NEWS

~ More matches were announced for the July 16th show in Osaka.

DNA 46, 7/16/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Osaka City Konohana Kumin Hall in Osaka

(-) Nobuhiro Shimatani, Daiki Shimomura & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Katsumi Oribe (FREE/Doutonbori), Yuto Kikuchi (Doubonbori) & Yuki Aoki (DOVE)
(-) Kouki Iwasaki & Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) vs. Baliyan Akki & Rekka
(-) Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Iino vs. MAO & Rising HAYATO (EPW)
(-) Shunma Katsumata vs. TORU (Doubonbori)
(-) Kota Umeda vs. Sammy Guevara

(-) Irie Army vs Naomy Kingdom: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase vs. Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joe (both FREE)
(-) DNA Naniwa Showdown : Yuki Ueno vs. Naomi Yoshimura

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/dna

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ Updated event cards for the July 4th, July 22nd & August 6th shows.

Jun Kasai Produce 2018 Series, 7/4/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) GENTARO vs. Tomoya Hirata
(-) Yuya Susumu & Heisenberg (New Taiwan) vs. Chikara & Dragon Libre
(-) 3WAY Match: Takashi Sasaki vs. Ciclope vs. Gunso
(-) Hardcore Match: Mammoth Sasaki & KAZMA SAKAMOT vs. Kamui & Toru Sugiura

(-) UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [32nd Champion] ‘brother’ YASSHI vs. [Challenger] Minoru Fujita
~ 1st title defense.

(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [14th Champions] Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. [Challengers] Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto
~ 1st title defense.

(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [10th Champion] Masashi Takeda vs. [Challenger] Miedo Extremo
~ 1st title defense.

FREEDOMS, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 14:00 @ Ichinoseki Sogo Taiikukan U-Dome, Main Arena in Iwate

(-) Yuya Susumu, Masamune & Aizawa #1 vs. Kamui, Dragon Libre & Heisenberg
(-) GENTARO & Tomoya Hirata vs. Shinobu & Koju Takeda (both 666)
(-) Joshi Match: Tsukasa Fujimoto & Makoto vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Ibushi Hoshi
(-) Kenji Fukimoto, Minoru Fujita & Chikara vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(-) FREEDOMS vs NOAH Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. Go Shiozaki & Hi69
(-) FREEDOMS vs The Nomads Bring Your Own Weapons 8 Man Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Takashi Sasaki, Jun Kasai & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Violento Jack, Daisuke Masaoka, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope

Pro-Wrestling Sengoku-Jidai, 8/6/2018 [Mon] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) FREEDOMS vs TakoSpi Tag Match: Kamui & Dragon Libre vs. Takoyakida & Ultimate Spider Jr.
(-) FREEDOMS vs PUZZLE Promotion & New Taiwan 6 Man Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki, GENTARO & Tomoya Hirata vs. Touyu, Senshin & Heisenberg
(-) Damz & DEWA vs. Shi-en Ikemen Tag Match: Yuya Susumu & Aizawa #1 vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Jun Masaoka
(-) FREEDOMS vs Gamashara Single Match: Toru Sugiura vs. Yoju
(-) Naniwa ☆ Bonjobinasu vs Team Dera Tag Match: Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru & Hibiscus Mii vs. Kengo takai & Grandpa Sho Mask #4
(-) The Nomads vs BADBOY (Michinoku): Violento Jack, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope vs. Ken45° & Manjimaru & Kengo
(-) FREEDOMS vs DOVE 6 Man Tag Match: Jun Kasai, Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Naoki Tanizaki, ‘brother’ YASSHI & Kenshin Chikano
(-) Tonogata vs Wakamusha “Gekokujo” 6 Man Tag Match: Takashi Sasaki, Gurukun Mask & Kazunori Yoshida vs. X, X & X
(-) Tenka Toitsu Noborihata Sodatsu 6 Man Tag Match: [Champions] Churaumi Saber, Shuri Joe & Hejor Kidman (Ryukyu Dragon) vs. [Challengers] TORU, Kazuaki Mihara & Katsumi Oribe (Doutonbori)

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HEAT-UP NEWS

~ Kazuhiro Tamura held a press conference today to make several announcements.

~ First it was announced that Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo will be retiring from pro-wrestling following a retirement match on October 31st. Further details will be announced later, but Dokonjo stated that he wishes to face Daisuke Kanehira for his final match.

~ Then Kazuhiro announced that HEAT-UP will be partnering with Portugal based promotion CTW (Centro de Treinos de Wrestling). Masked wrestler and the promotions head coach Red Eagle and general manager David Curle were in Japan to make the alliance official. The agreement is for the two promotions to exchange wrestlers to both compete and train between Japan and Portugal.

~ Then Tamura took part in the title match signing between the champion Daisuke Kanehira and India based wrestler Baliyan Akki that will be taking place on July 28th in Itabashi.

GOING-UP “Middle Edge Series vol. 1”, 6/30/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ BASEMENT MON☆STAR in Tokyo

(0) Exhibition Match: Kazuhiro Tamura vs. Red Eagle

(1) What is Strong Style?: Hiroshi Watanabe vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda
(2) Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo & Keito Murota vs. Keizo Matsuda & YUJI KITO
(3) Joji Otani & Josh O’Brien vs. Amigo Suzuki & Yuu Iizuka
(4) Daisuke Kanehira vs. Masked Mystery
(5) Middle-age Reform! Cross Over! Wall of Compliance: Guts Ishima & Tetsuya Izuchi vs. Syuo Fujiwara & Kazuhiko Matsuzaki

HEAT-UP, 7/28/2018 [Sat] @ Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo

(1) HEAT-UP Strong Style: Hiroshi Watanabe vs. Keito Murota
(2) It’s an Outer Space ~Fantasy World~: Masked Mystery & Yuu Izuka vs. CHANGO & PSYCHO (both FREE)
(3) HEAT-UP Heroes Tag Match: Prince Kawasaki & Inadaman vs. Hide Kubota & Akira Joe (both FREE)
(4) Last Dokonjo vol. 1 ~ Thank You: Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo vs. Guts Ishijima
(5) Scramble Bout in Itabashi ~ Burning Pro-Wrestling Spirit ~ 6 Man Tag Match: Kazuhiro Tamura, Joji Otani & Tetsuya Izuchi vs. Isami Kodaka (BASARA), Fuminori Abe (BASARA) & Yusaku Ito (DEP)

(6) HEAT-UP Universal Championship Match: [3rd Champion] Daisuke Kanehira vs. [Challenger] Baliyan Akki
~ 2nd title defense.

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

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NOAH NEWS

The event cards were updated for July’s Junior Tag League tour as well as two title defenses announced as well.

The first of which will take place on July 28th at the Korakuen Hall, as Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya defend the GHC Tag belts against the veteran team of  Naomichi Marufuji and Akitoshi Saito. The match is coming about after Saito had picked up a direct singles and tag win over Kitamiya. Saito has seen much success as a tag champion in the promotion though he has not been crowned a champion in over 5 years. With the current generation struggle roaring ahead this could be a turning point for the veterans to either take further control or for the new generation to maintain themselves as fighting champions.

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

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

Then Takashi Sugiura will defend the GHC Heavy belt against Go Shiozaki on August 18th in Kawasaki. Sugiura has already begun to set the bar for another strong run as champion, though Shiozaki, as the leader of the new generation army, looks to reclaim the belt and build the new generation as the leaders that they need to be right now. Sugiura has declared that he is far from ready to see his reign finish so soon and he will be prepared to defend it to no ends.

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Kawasaki City Sports Association 70th Anniversary ~ NOAH x Kawasaki Festival 2018”, 8/18/2018 [Sat] 15:30 @ Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagawa

(-) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Go Shiozaki
~ 4th title defense.

The event cards were updated for the July tour of shows which will see the “12th annual Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League War” taking place. The updated event cards can be viewed through the link below.

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

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ The latest W-1 TV was released with full highlights from the Shinkiba 1stRING show on June 22nd. Which featured Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi defending the W-1 Tag belts against Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka and then WRESTLE-1 vs. STRONG HEARTS.

~ CIMA announced his STRONG HEARTS team for the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on July 18th, as he will team with T-Hawk, El Lindaman and Gao Jingjia. Following the complete shutout of the June 22nd show, CIMA stated that he will announce his team first to allow W-1 to attempt their own counterattack.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ikemen/Kono) vs. (Winner of Kaz/Ashino)
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ito/Kuma) vs. (Winner of Kondo/Doi)

(-) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Match: X, X, X & X vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia

(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GRAND PRIX Final Match:

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News Listings for June 26, 2018

AJPW NEWS

~ It was announced that Jun Akiyama will defend the GAORA TV belt against TAJIRI on July 15th at the Korakuen Hall.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “SUMMER ACTION SERIES”, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() GAORA TV Championship Match: [15th Champion] Jun Akiyama vs. [Challenger] TAJIRI
~ 11th title defense.

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

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BJW NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the Shinkiba 1stRING show on July 11th.

BJW, 7/11/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1)  Takuya Nomura & Yuki Morihiro vs. Takuho Kato & Akira Hyodo
(2) Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Kota Sekifuda & Yuya Aoki
(3) Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazumi Kikuta
(4) Ryota Hama, Yasufuni Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(5) Death Match: Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito vs. Jaki Numazawa & Kankuro Hoshino
(6) Death Match: Masashi Takeda vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda
(7) Death Match: Masaya Takahashi vs. Takayuki Ueki

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

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DDT NEWS

~ Several event card updates were announced following today’s show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

~ A special 4WAY match was announced fro the July 3rd show, as Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazusada Higuchi vs. MAO vs. Masashi Takeda will be taking place in anywhere fall’s rules.

DDT, 7/3/2018 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Anywhere Fall 4WAY Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazusada Higuchi vs. MAO vs. Masashi Takeda

DDT LIVE! MajiManji #11, 7/10/2018 [Tue] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Dick Togo vs. Kota Umeda

(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [Champion] HARASHIMA vs. [Challenger] Antonio Honda

~ The next KO-D Tag match was announced to take place on July 22nd at the Korakuen HAll. As the new champions in Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie defend against MAO & Mike Bailey.

DDT, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [64th Champions] Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie vs. [Challengers] MAO & Mike Bailey
~ 1st title defense.

(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [62nd Champion] Shigehiro Irie vs. [Challenger] HARASHIMA
~ 2nd title defense.

~ Then it was announced that Shigehiro Irie & Jason Kincaid will be taking on the team of Jun Kasai & Daisuke Sasaki on July 24th

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

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

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

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NOAH NEWS

The main event was announced for Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary show, as Hideo Itami, who is still active in the WWE, will make a special return to compete against his former rival Marufuji in a singles match.

The full event card was also announced for the show as well which is as follows…

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 & Kaz Hayashi (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/tag/noah/

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TAKAYAMANIA NEWS

~ Another match was announced for the upcoming show in August, as  Naomichi Marufuji will team with Isami Kodaka to take on the team of Takaku Fuke and Takuma Sano.

TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE, 8/31/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

Newly announced…

(-) Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Isami Kodaka (BASARA) vs. Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION) & Takuma Sano (FREE)

Previously announced…

(1) Battle Royal: (to be announced)

(-) Jun Akiyama (AJPW) & Dick Togo (MichiPro) vs. Takao Omori (AJPW) & Danshoku Dieno (DDT)
(-) Takashi Sugiura (NOAH) & Meiko Satomura (Sendai Girls) vs. Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls)

(6) Semi-final Match: Shuji Ishikawa (FREE), Yuji Hino (FREE) & Konosuke Takeshita (DDT) vs. Suwama (AJPW), Ryota Hama (BJW) & Kazusada Higuchi (DDT)

(7) Main Event: Minoru Suzuki (Pancrase MISSION), NOSAWA Rongai (Gurentai) & MAZADA (Gurentai) vs. Taiyo Kea (FREE), Kaz Hayashi (W-1) & TAKA Michinoku (K-DOJO)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/takayamania/

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ It was announced that Kenichiro Arai suffered a right foot fracture and will be unable to compete on the July 1st show in Kanagawa. The previously announced tag match was changed to a 3WAY.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/1/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Odawara Arena, Sub Arena in Kanagawa

() Andy Wu & Alejandro vs. Masayuki Mitomi (Ehime) & Hideo Toda (Chigasaki)
() Yusuke Kodama vs. Seiki Yoshioka vs. El Hijo del Pantera
() Manabu Soya, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Tsugataka Sato, Jun Tonsho & Ganseki Tanaka

() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Masayuki Kono
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Shotaro Ashino
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Koji Doi
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Takanori Ito vs. Kumaarashi

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News Listings for June 22, 2018

It was announced publicly that Vader passed away on the night of January 18th. His son, Jesse White, broke the news on Vader’s personal twitter account.

Vader made his debut in Japan in 1987 for NJPW. Where he would go on to become a three time IWGP Heavyweight Champion. Then in 1999, he would go on to win that years Champion Carnival league in All Japan Pro-Wrestling and even be a two time Triple Crown Champion.

Vader last competed in Japan back in April of 2017, as he competed for Tatsumi Fujinami’s DRADITION promotion for two shows on April 22nd at Korakuen Hall and April 23 in Osaka.

RIP Big Man

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AJPW NEWS

~ It was made official that Ryoji Sai will defend the Asia Heavyweight belt against Bodyguard and July 29th in Osaka. The match joins the previously announced Triple Crown main event of Miyahara defending against Zeus.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “SUMMER ACTION SERIES”, 7/29/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka

() Asia Heavyweight Championship Match: [8th Champion] Ryoji Sai (LAND’S END) vs. [Challenger] The Bodyguard
~ 4th title defense.

() Triple Crown Championship Match: [60th Champion] Kento Miyahara vs. [Challenger] Zeus
~ 3rd title defense.

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

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BJW NEWS

~ Tatsuhiko Yoshino was announced to miss the entirety of the July scheduled shows as he was diagnosed with spinal canal stenosis. He will be undergoing rest following surgery to try and correct the situation.

~ The full event cards were announced for the July 1st and July 17th shows.

~ Then Kazuyuki Fujita was announced to be competing on the Osaka show on July 21st. Part of the event card was released.

BJW, 7/1/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido

(1) Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Yuki Morihiro
(2) Kankuro Hoshino, Kota Sekifuda & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Yuya Aoki & Yuki Ishikawa
(3) Ryuichi Kawakami & Takuya Nomura vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(4) Audience Brings The Weapons, Kenzan, Thumbtacks & Gadget 6 Man Tag Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Abdullah Kobayashi & Jaki Numazawa vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda

(5) Yokohama Shopping Street 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [18th Champions] Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. [Challengers] Hideki Suzuki, Daisuke Sekimoto & Takuho Kato
~ 1st title defense.

(6) Triple Madness Mega Item, Fluroescent Light-tubes & Table Tag Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto

BJW “BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Next Challenger Decision Tournament”, 7/17/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Junior Tournament 2nd Round Match: Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Kota Sekifuda
(2) Junior Tournament 2nd Round Match: Hercules Senga vs. Yuya Aoki

(3) Daichi Hashimoto & Yuki Morihiro vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani & Akira Hyodo
(4) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Kazumi Kikuta & Takuho Kato
(5) Barbed-wire Board 6 Man Tag Death Match: Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(6) Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe

(7) Junior Next Challenger Decision Final Match:

Big Japan Pro-Wrestling “Osaka Surprise 38 – STRONG WORLD 2018”, 7/21/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

() Junior Special 6 Tag Match: Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga & Kota Sekifuda vs. Dick Togo (MichiPro), HUB (FREE) & Tsubasa (FREE)
() Death Match: Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Kankuro Hoshino
() Death Match: Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka
() Special 6 Tag Match: Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Kendo Kashin (FREE), Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
() Special Tag Match: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuyuki Fujita (FREE) vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani

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

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DDT NEWS

~ A couple more matches were announced for the 1stRING show on June 26th and the full card was announced for Masahiro Takanashi’s 15th anniversary show on July 8th.

DDT, 6/26/2018 [Wed] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Takatimo Dragon, Hiratimo Dragon & Toru Owashi vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao & Tetsuya Endo
(-) Danshoku Dieno, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Tanomusaku Toba & MAO
(-) Makoto Oishi vs. Kota Umeda

(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazusada Higuchi vs. [Challengers] Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie
~ 3rd title defense.

Masahiro Takanashi Debut 15th Anniversary Show, 7/8/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo

() Gauntlet Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita & Yasu Urano vs. Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Makoto Oishi & Cherry, Antonio Honda & Riho vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Keisuke Ishii vs. Hoshitango & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Rekka
() Takatimo Dragon, Hiratimo Dragon, Toru Owashi, Saki Akai & Gota Ihashi vs. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Gorgeous Matsumo, Emi Sakura & Chupacabra w/ Haru Miyako
() Yukio Sakaguchi & Manjimaru vs. Kota Umeda & Yuki Ueno
() KUDO, HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka vs. X, XX & XXX
() DAMNATION vs Irie Army: (tba)
() Masahiro Takanashi vs. Isami Kodaka (BASARA)

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POWER HALL NEWS

~ Another addition was made for the upcoming show on July 10th, as Gota Ihashi will be taking on the veteran grappler Yoshiaki Fujiwara in the opening match. Ihashi suffered much scrutiny from Choshu after competing on the January show, but the little big man is set out to prove that he deserves to compete as a professional wrestler.

Riki Choshu Produce POWER HALL 2018 ~ Battle of another dimension~, 7/10/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Yoshiaki Fujiwara (Fujiwara-gumi) vs. Gota Ihashi (DDT)
(2) BLAZE OF GLORY: Minoru Tanaka (FREE), Mitsuhiro Yoshida (GJPW) & LEONA (DRADITION) vs. HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke (all NOAH)
(3) AJPW Offer Match ~ THE NEW GENERATION: Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto vs. Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi
(4) TRIO WITH SKILLS: [Heisei Ishin-gun] Shiro Koshinaka, AKIRA & Akitoshi Saito vs. [Tokyo Gurentai] NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA
(5) NATURAL BORN WARRIORS: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya (both NOAH) vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani & Takuya Nomura (both BJW)

(6) 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)

(7) 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)

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the July 1st show in Odawara, which will feature the first round matches of the “W-1 GRAND PRIX”.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/1/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Odawara Arena, Sub Arena in Kanagawa

() Andy Wu & Alejandro vs. Masayuki Mitomi (Ehime) & Hideo Toda (Chigasaki)
() Yusuke Kodama & Kenichiro Arai vs. Seiki Yoshioka & El Hijo del Pantera
() Manabu Soya, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Tsugataka Sato, Jun Tonsho & Ganseki Tanaka

() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Masayuki Kono
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Shotaro Ashino
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Koji Doi
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Takanori Ito vs. Kumaarashi

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WRESTLE-1 results for June 22, 2018

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/22/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Takanori Ito vs. Takumi Baba
◆Winner: Ito (5:58) with a German Suplex Hold.
(2) Masayuki Kono, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Koji Doi, Tsugataka Sato & Ganseki Tanaka
◆Winner: Kono (12:24) following a Running Knee on Tsugataka.
(3) Yusuke Kodama & Kenichiro Arai (DG) vs. Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
◆Winner: Kodama (9:19) with a Mad Splash on Alejandro.

(4) Jun Tonsho vs. CIMA (STRONG HEARTS)
◆Winner: CIMA (1:51) following the Meteora.
(5) Kaz Hayashi & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Zackery Wentz & Dezmond Xavier (STRONG HEARTS)
◆Winner: Wentz (10:53) with a Standing Moonsault on Yoshioka.
(6) Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Andy Wu vs. T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia (STRONG HEARTS)
◆Winner: T-Hawk (24:47) with the Black Tiger Bomb on Wu.

~ STRONG HEARTS ends the night with a clean sweep.
~ T-Hawk remained confrontational with the W-1 Champion Soya and Kondo following the win. The two sides brawled until STRONG HEARTS remained in the ring.
~ T-Hawk declared that they will all return for the Korakuen Hall show on July 18th. Though he stated that this time around that STRONG HEARTS will announce their matches/teams with W-1 being given the chance to follow.

(7) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [14th Champions] Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi vs. [Challengers] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka (ZERO1)
◆Winner: Kuroshio (17:10) with a Moonsault Press on Ashino.
~ Champions fall on their 1st title defense. Ikemen & Tanaka become the 15th champions.

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

~ Upcoming…

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/1/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Odawara Arena, Sub Arena in Kanagawa

() Andy Wu & Alejandro vs. Masayuki Mitomi (Ehime) & Hideo Toda (Chigasaki)
() Yusuke Kodama & Kenichiro Arai vs. Seiki Yoshioka & El Hijo del Pantera
() Manabu Soya, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Tsugataka Sato, Jun Tonsho & Ganseki Tanaka

() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Jiro “Ikemen”Kuroshio vs. Masayuki Kono
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Shotaro Ashino
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Shuji Kondo vs. Koji Doi
() GRAND PRIX 1st Round Match: Takanori Ito vs. Kumaarashi

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ikemen/Kono) vs. (Winner of Kaz/Ashino)
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ito/Kuma) vs. (Winner of Kondo/Doi)

(-) GRAND PRIX Final Match:

WRESTLE-1 results for June 17, 2018

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/17/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Green Dome Maebashi in Gunma

(1) Ganseki Tanaka vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG)
◆Winner: Arai (6:38) following a Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.
(2) Takumi Baba vs. Masayuki Mitomi (EPW)
◆Winner: Mitomi (7:14) with the Salty Splash.
(3) Seiki Yoshioka & Jun Tonsho vs. Andy Wu & El Hijo del Pantera
◆Winner: Pantera (9:44) following the Special DDT on Tonsho.
(4) Masayuki Kono & Tsugataka Sato vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
◆Winner: MAZADA (15:07) with a Small Package Hold on Tsugataka.
(5) STRONG HEARTS Offer Match: Dezmond Xavier vs. Zackary Wentz
◆Winner: Wentz (9:32) following a Modified Diamond Cutter.

(6) Kaz Hayashi & Takanori Ito vs. Shuji Kondo & Alejandro
◆Winner: Ito (12:42) with a German Suplex Hold on Alejandro.

(7) Manabu Soya, Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Koji Doi vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
◆Winner: Ashino (18:37) with an Ankle Hold on Kuroshio.
~ Ashino claimed the revenge win over Kuroshio, following the loss on 13th, as next up is the tag title defense on June 22nd.

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

Upcoming…

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/22/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Takanori Ito vs. Takumi Baba
(-) Yusuke Kodama & Kenichiro Arai vs. Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
(-) Masayuki Kono, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Koji Doi, Tsugataka Sato & Ganseki Tanaka

(-) Jun Tonsho vs. X (STRONG HEARTS)
(-) Kaz Hayashi & Seiki Yoshioka vs. X & X (STRONG HEARTS)
(-) Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Andy Wu vs. X, X & X (STRONG HEARTS)

(7) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [14th Champions] Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi vs. [Challengers] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka
~ 1st title defense.

~ Then it was announced that Yusuke Kodama will be defending the cruiser belt against El Hijo del Pantera on July 18th at the Korakuen Hall. The show will also feature the finals of the GRAND PRIX.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ikemen/Kono) vs. (Winner of Kaz/Ashino)
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ito/Kuma) vs. (Winner of Kondo/Doi)

(-) GRAND PRIX Final Match: