Matsuno’s Absence, Andrew Everett Debut, Akito’s Beloved Extreme Title

June 28, 2022

It was announced today that Gorgeous Matsuno is currently on a leave of absence from pro wrestling. His partner Junko Tashiro is under treatment for glomerulonephritis that has been rapidly developing since last January. She is scheduled to get a kidney transplant in August and Matsuno is the donor. Matsuno is staying away from wrestling for a while to prepare for the transplant along with the post-operation procedures. He was originally planning to hold his annual “GORGEOUS NIGHT” show with DDT on 19th September but that is now postponed. Matsuno said he is like a phoenix and will always come back to the wrestling ring. He promised the “GORGEOUS NIGHT” show will happen when he is ready to do it.

GANBARE☆PRO “KINDERGARTEN COP 2022”, 29/06/2022
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling Vs Dotonbori Pro Wrestling: Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryuya Matsufusa
2. Ganpro Special Mixed 6-Man Tag Match: Shuichiro Katsumura, Yuna Manase & YuuRI Vs Mizuki Watase, Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE
3. Spirit World Drunkers Vs Dragon Beast Bombers: Onryo & Tyson Maeguchi Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shigehiro Irie
4. Ishii-gun Vs Pro Wrestling BASARA: Keisuke Ishii & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura
5. Road To SEKIGAHARA Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yumehito Imanari, Shota & Soma Takao Vs Ken Ohka, Masahiro Takanashi & Chris Brookes

Tomorrow is Ganbare☆Pro’s go home show for “WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA”!

DDT “KING OF DDT 2022 FINAL!!”, 03/07/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani Vs Toru Owashi, Soma Takao & Toi Kojima
0. Dark Match: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON Vs Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
1. King Of DDT 2022 – Semi Final: Yuki Ueno Vs Naomi Yoshimura
2. King Of DDT 2022 – Semi Final: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Jun Akiyama
3. Masahiro Takanashi & HARASHIMA Vs Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
4. Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari Vs Akito, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata
5. Special Tag Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata Vs Chris Brookes & Andrew “The Giant” Everett
6. KO-D Openweight Title – King Of DDT 2022 – Final: X Vs X

It’s the DDT debut of Andrew “The Giant” Everett! The North Carolina native last wrestled in Japan in 2018 for NOAH. Since then Everett had a self-proclaimed transformation over the years. If you believe what he says, the high flyer grew in size from 175cm and 97kg to 223cm and 190.5kg! Everett says Japan has not seen a wrestler like him since Monster Roussimoff! He threatens to stomp over everyone who gets in his way, drop them with the Choke Slam and crush them with the Shooting Star Press!

There are a few small changes to the card after the situation where Akito left Pheromones. He will now be wrestling against them in the trios match by replacing Yukio Naya on the other team. Yumehito Imanari ensures Pheromones are still at full strength by taking Akito’s original spot. Naya gets bumped down to the dark match as a result but at least he is back teaming with familiar partners.

Tetsuya Endo will be at the show. It will be his first public appearance since he suffered the concussion at “CYBERFIGHT FESTIVAL 2022”. He will give the fans an update on his status during the show.

DDT “SUMMER VACATION 2022 TOUR IN NAGOYA”, 16/07/2022
Aichi Nippon Gaishi Sports Plaza 3rd Stadium

1. DDT Extreme Title: Yuki “Sexy” Iino (c) Vs Akito
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON (c) Vs Masahiro Takanashi, Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda

Whether he intended to or not, Akito is now seen as a betrayer by Pheromones. He stepped up to challenge Yuki Iino for the DDT Extreme Title because it is the most important championship to him in DDT. Danshoku Dieno refused because Pheromones will not allow themselves to fight each other. So Akito decided to ditch his new “Cochin” persona and leave the group so he could do the match as himself. The challenge was accepted but Pheromones turned on him over the decision and beat him into an embarrassing state. Akito can get his revenge by winning his beloved title in his home region.

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Cheers, Paper Tape And Banners Allowed At Ota Ward Shows

June 28, 2022

This week it was announced that the “big match” events CyberFight are holding at Ota Ward Gymnasium this summer will be lifting several restrictions related to the covid pandemic. Fans attending “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’22”, “WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA” and “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022” will be allowed to cheer while wearing masks, throw streamers into the ring and hang banners around the venue. The decision was made after CyberFight management held discussions with the venue in response to fan demand to lift the restrictions. Each show will still be set up for 50% capacity for social distancing and mask wearing will be mandatory. There is a chance the rules about cheering could change if new safety measures to prevent the spread of covid are announced before the shows take place.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’22”, 09/07/2022
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

1. Moka Miyamoto Vs Juria Nagano
2. Aja Kong, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku Vs Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta, Haruna Neko & Kaya Toribami
3. Miu Watanabe Vs Willow Nightingale
4. Hikaru Shida & Hikari Noa Vs Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
5. International Princess Title: Maki Itoh (c) Vs Alex Windsor
6. Riho & Arisu Endo Vs Mei Suruga & Suzume
7. Special Single Match: Thunder Rosa Vs Miyu Yamashita
8. Princess Tag Team Titles: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki (c) Vs Saki Akai & Yuki Arai
9. Princess Of Princess Title: Shoko Nakajima (c) Vs Rika Tatsumi

Tokyo Joshi Pro GM Tetsuya Koda said there were a lot of opinions between the three promotions over what to do. He wanted all three to use the same rules so there would be no confusion between the shows over what is allowed or not. He also said the decision to use 50% capacity was done in accordance to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government guidelines over indoor events. Koda noted that several wrestlers like Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo, Kaya Toribami, Juria Nagano and Yuki Arai all debuted during the pandemic and have never gotten cheers from fans or streamers thrown at them. Miu Watanabe said as a pro wrestling idol she gets a lot of strength from getting cheers.

GANBARE☆PRO “WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA”, 10/07/2022
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

1. Ganpro Specialty 3 Vs 2 Handicap Match: Ganbare Tamagawa, Nobuhiro Shimatani & HARUKAZE Vs Onryo & YuuRI (w/ Ippanjin Munenori Sawa)
2. Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling Vs Takaiwa Army: Kouki Iwasaki & Tyson Maeguchi Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa & 5th Black Tiger
3. Four Beasts Of Fate Gathered In Sekigahara ~Special Tag Match~: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka & Shuji Ishikawa
4. Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling Vs Eruption: Mizuki Watase, Moeka Haruhi & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani
5. Special Single Match: Yuna Manase Vs Sayaka Unagi
6. Special Tag Match ~ CDK Vs ROMANCE DAWN: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Shota & Soma Takao
7. Special Single Match: Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Minoru Suzuki
8. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Yumehito Imanari (c) Vs Ken Ohka

Naturally, Ken Ohka was the most excited and emotional over the news. On his own he is not strong but the cheers of the fans helps him become strong.

DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022”, 20/08/2022
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

1. Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match: Shinichiro Kawamatsu Vs X
2. International Special Hardcore Match: Joey Janela Vs Shunma Katsumata
3. DDT Universal Title: Masahiro Takanashi (c) Vs X
4. KO-D Openweight Title: KO-D Champion (c) Vs X

HARASHIMA is happy to find out cheers will return for DDT’s big show of the summer. He admits he didn’t know how to take in clap crowds at first but figured out how to listen to the audience’s hearts. When he hears cheering again he will become several times stronger. In response to this, Ohka said cheers will make himself a hundred or even a thousand times stronger!

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