Tenma Graduation, Kubo Hospitalized, MAO Falls For AEW Trick, Endo Getting New KO-D Title Belt

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW SPRING TOUR ’22”, 26/03/2022
Tokyo Otemachi Mitsui Hall

1. Hikari Noa Vs Kaya Toribami
2. 3 Way Match: Rika Tatsumi Vs Nao Kakuta Vs Haruna Neko
3. Hyper Misao & Miu Watanabe Vs Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu
4. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku Vs Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Marika Kobashi
5. Princess Tag Team Titles Next Challenger Decision Match: Suzume & Arisu Endo Vs Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto
6. Nodoka Tenma Graduation Match: Shoko Nakajima & Miyu Yamashita Vs Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino

It’s time for Nodoka Tenma’s last pro wrestling match. She got to have her match with her sister Yuki Aino and gets to team with her one more time against the top two wrestlers in Tokyo Joshi Pro.

The next team to challenge for the Princess Tag Team Titles will either be Arisuzu or MokaYuki.

BASARA “BASARA 186 ~THE 17TH FOX PRINCE~”, 26/03/2022
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR

1. Lil’ Kraken Vs Akiyori Takizawa
2. Takumi Tsukamoto & Masato Kamino Vs FUMA & Daichi Kazato
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
4. Fuminori Abe Vs Takato Nakano
5. Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT Vs Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita

Yusuke Kubo was hospitalized and diagnosed with acute pancreatitis on 20th March. His hospital stay is expected to last 10 days in total but there is no timetable for when he can return to wrestling. Akiyori Takizawa is filling in for him on the two shows this Saturday.

BASARA “BASARA 187 ~THE 18TH FOX PRINCE~”, 26/03/2022
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR

1. Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Tsutomu Oosugi
2. Akiyori Takizawa Vs Ryota Nakatsu
3. FUMA, Lil’ Kraken & Yasu Urano Vs Isami Kodaka, SAGAT & Banana Senga
4. Fuminori Abe & Daichi Kazato Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daiki Shimomura
5. No DQ Last Man Standing Match: Takato Nakano Vs Masato Kamino

Nakano Army: Takato Nakano, Takumi Tsukamoto, Akiyori Takizawa, FUMA, Lil’ Kraken, Yasu Urano, Fuminori Abe & Daichi Kazato

Kamino Army: Masato Kamino, Tsutomu Oosugi, Ryota Nakatsu, Isami Kodaka, SAGAT, Banana Senga, Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daiki Shimomura

The two teams captained by Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino have all been picked by a random lottery and the matches were booked afterward. Nakano and Kamino agreed to face each other in the main event in a No DQ Last Man Standing Match!

DDT “DAY DREAM BELIEVER 2022”, 27/03/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Antonio Honda Vs Pokotan
1. HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani
2. Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Soma Takao Vs Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Akito
3. Jun Akiyama Vs Kazuki Hirata
4. Pheromones Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Minoru Fujita (w/ MJ Paul)
5. After Judgement 2022 Special 6-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima Vs Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
6. DDT Extreme Title – O-Back Ladder Match: Yuki “Sexy” Iino (c) Vs Shunma Katsumata
7. DDT Universal Title: MAO (c) Vs Michael Nakazawa

A new KO-D Openweight Title belt will be unveiled and presented to the new champion Tetsuya Endo at the show. He has not seen the new design yet and is looking forward to finding out for himself when it is given to him at the show.

Two days after the Sumo Hall show and MAO has figured out how Michael Nakazawa tricked him into giving him a DDT Universal Title shot. When Nakazawa flashed him the AEW logo on his shirt, MAO was fooled into thinking he would be fighting one of the big stars. Today at a press conference MAO showed regret at making the match and asked to make it non-title. Nakazawa explained he is part of The Elite and beating him will open up a path for MAO to wrestle against the other more stronger members. MAO lit up at the idea of fighting The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega so he signed the contract for the match. Nakazawa then gave MAO a Low Blow and admitted it is all a trick so he can get the title shot. He revealed he needs to win the championship so he can bring it back to America and keep his AEW career alive because he is currently in limbo while Omega is out injured.

The DDT Extreme Title match is now an O-Back Ladder Match. The O-Back is the kind of jock strap Yuki Iino always wears underneath his gear for his matches. He originally wanted the rule to be both he and Shunma Katsumata had to wear an O-Back while they wrestled. Katsumata refused and came up with the idea to make it a Ladder Match where whoever grabs the O-Back hanging above the ring and puts it on first will be the winner. However extra negotiations with Iino and Danshoku Dieno added another way to win. The match can also end if either wrestler decides to give up.

DDT “APRIL FOOL 22”, 10/04/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno, Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi (c) Vs Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya

The new KO-D Tag Team Champions have two big burly wrestlers to deal with in their first defence. Yukio Naya thinks his team with Yuji Hino has made him a far more confident pro wrestler, which Hino agrees with. Masahiro Takanashi joked that he would rather defend the Asia Dream Tag Team Titles against them inside Ichigaya Chocolate Square instead because there would be no room for the both of them. I don’t know if Chris Brookes can squeeze either of them through the window though.

DDT “MEGA MAX BUMP 2022 TOUR IN YOKOHAMA”, 01/05/2022
Yokohama Budokan

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs X

Endo said his first challenger should be somebody who is confident they can go above and beyond. He does not want to nominate a challenger himself. He would rather someone suitable come forward and make the challenge to him. It is a clear goal Endo has come up with for this title run to be different from Konosuke Takeshita’s reign. When he won the main event on Sunday, Endo said he never saw Jun Akiyama smiling so happily. BURNING has only just started so Endo wants the KO-D Title to help make the unit bigger and better.

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