BASARA’s annual tournament the Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ will be held under a single elimination for the second year in a row. So far there has been no mention of a prize but a Union MAX Title shot is usually the direction taken for the winner.
BASARA “BASARA 97 ~BANQUET~”, 29/05/2019 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
BASARA “TAKATO NAKANO LOCAL TRIUMPH ~TRIBUTE TO THE FUTURE~”, 09/06/2019 Okayama Saint Inn Kurashiki
1. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – Round 2: X Vs X
2. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – Round 2: X Vs X
BASARA “BASARA 98 ~ASUKAYAMA~”, 16/06/2019 Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
1. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – Round 2: X Vs X
2. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – Round 2: X Vs X
The 2nd round of the tournament will be played out over two shows. A decision will be made later over the match schedule but the playoff bracket will go in the order below.
1. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – Round 2A: Winner Of Match 1A Vs Winner Of Match 1B
2. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – Round 2B: Winner Of Match 1C Vs Winner Of Match 1D
3. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – Round 2C: Winner Of Match 1E Vs Winner Of Match 1F
4. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – Round 2D: Winner Of Match 1G Vs Winner Of Match 1H
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BASARA “BASARA 99 ~BANQUET~”, 25/06/2019 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – Semi Final: Winner Of Match 2A Vs Winner Of Match 2B
2. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – Semi Final: Winner Of Match 2C Vs Winner Of Match 2D
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BASARA “BASARA 100 ~TENKA ISHIN~”, 07/07/2019 Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall
1. Nagoya Limited Audience Lottery Tag Tournament – Round 1: Ryuichi Sekine & Isami Kodaka defeated Yasu Urano & Ryota Nakatsu when Sekine pinned Nakatsu with a Crucifix Pin (12:10).
2. Nagoya Limited Audience Lottery Tag Tournament – Round 1: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Takumi Tsukamoto defeated SAGAT & Daichi Kazato when Tsukamoto submitted SAGAT with a Strangle Hold γ (8:49).
3. Nagoya Limited Audience Lottery Tag Tournament – Round 1: FUMA & Fuminori Abe defeated Masato Kamino & Daiki Shimomura when Abe pinned Shimomura with an Aussie Suplex Hold (10:27).
4. Nagoya Limited Audience Lottery Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Ryuichi Sekine & Isami Kodaka defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Takumi Tsukamoto when Kodaka pinned Hiroshi with the Samson Clutch (9:19).
5. Nagoya Limited Audience Lottery Tag Tournament – Semi Final: FUMA & Fuminori Abe defeated Takato Nakano & Yusuke Kubo when FUMA submitted Nakano with the Iron Maiden (12:29).
6. Nagoya Limited Audience Lottery Tag Tournament – Final: Ryuichi Sekine & Isami Kodaka defeated FUMA & Fuminori Abe when Sekine submitted FUMA with the Combine (18:46).
The new Union MAX Champion continues to rack up the achievements. Ryuichi Sekine along with Isami Kodaka outlasted six other teams to win the lottery tournament. Their final match against FUMA & Fuminori Abe went outside the building for a couple of minutes but in the end, Sekine made FUMA tap out back inside the ring. They thanked Nagoya for coming to see BASARA over two days.
1. Ryota Nakatsu defeated Masato Kamino with the Powerslave (10:03).
2. Imprint Yoga War!: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT Vs Best Stretchman V3 & Konaka = Pale One ended in a Draw when Hiroshi and Pale One pinned each other with Indian Yoga and Pakistani Yoga at the same time (11:22).
3. Yasu Urano & Kengo Takai defeated FUMA & Yusuke Kubo when Urano pinned Kubo with a Jackknife Pin (14:31).
4. Isami Kodaka defeated Fuminori Abe with the Samson Clutch (17:24).
5. Ryuichi Sekine & Daichi Shimomura defeated Takumi Tsukamoto & Takato Nakano when Sekine submitted Nakano with the Let’s Combine (11:19).
After the main event Ryuichi Sekine called out the roster so they could hold the lottery for tomorrow’s tag team tournament. The 1st Round matches are Yasu Urano & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Isami Kodaka, SAGAT & Daichi Kazato Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Takumi Tsukamoto and FUMA & Fuminori Abe Vs Masato Kamino & Daiki Shimomura. The team of Takato Nakano & Yusuke Kubo get a bye to the semi finals and will face the winners of FUMA/Abe Vs Kamino/Shimomura.
For some reason Nakatsu’s name was not included in the draw. When the lottery ended with Urano having no tag partner, it was decided that Nakatsu would join his team.
Kodaka defeated Abe in the clash of champions. Kodaka used a punching pad and a mini stepladder against Abe then caught him in a Samson Clutch during a scramble to get the pin.
Kengo Takai dressed like Yasu Urano for their tag match. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo tried to manipulate the two into hitting each other but Urano was able to duck Takai’s Lariat and Kubo took the blow instead. Urano then used a Jackknife to pin Kubo.
When Konaka = Pale One was introduced by the ring announcer as the “Pakistan Monster” Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi tried to intimidate him by calling SAGAT the “Juice Monster”. Later when SAGAT got Best Stretchman V3 out of the ring, Hiroshi and Konaka got into a test of strength. It resulted in both of them using their yoga abilities to roll onto their own shoulders. Both of them were counted as a pin and the match was declared a draw.
Ryota Nakatsu’s Powerslide is a modified Camel Clutch.
BASARA “BASARA 95 ~TENNENRISHINRYU~”, 06/05/2019 Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall 212 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Naoki Tanizaki & Akiyori Takizawa defeated Takumi Tsukamoto & Masato Kamino when Tanizaki submitted Kamino with a Ground Arm Wrapped Manjigatame (10:28).
2. Isami Kodaka, Daiki Shimomura & Takato Nakano defeated SAGAT, Best Stretchman V3 & Yasu Urano when Kodaka pinned SAGAT with a Crucifix Pin (12:20).
3. Fuminori Abe defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi with a Cross Heel Hold (12:28).
4. Sakigake!! Iron Family Vs Aikata Tag: Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita defeated FUMA & Yusuke Kubo when Hidaka pinned Kubo with a Sorarina (15:20).
5. Union MAX Title: Ryuichi Sekine defeated Ryota Nakatsu (c) with the Let’s Combine (28:15). *Ryota Nakatsu fails in V6. Ryuichi Sekine becomes the 12th Union MAX Champion!
The two men that made up Cavalry fought each other today for the Union MAX Title and in a big result it was Ryuichi Sekine who came out on top! The match almost reached the half hour point when Sekine put all of his weight down on the Let’s Combine to make Ryota Nakatsu give up. Nakatsu admitted that Sekine was too strong for him and this was a complete victory for the new champion. Sekine thanked the fans for spending the last day of Golden Week at the BASARA show.
Minoru Fujita complained to Ikuto Hidaka before their match because Hidaka hasn’t grown a tail yet. He didn’t want to team with a tailless person.
There were plenty of new championships on show during the day. Fuminori Abe arrived with the UWA World Middleweight Title he won at K-DOJO last Thursday. Isami Kodaka brought the BJW Death Match Title he only just won in Big Japan yesterday.
Abe wanted to wrestle barefoot with Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi to make it an even fight. He started screaming when Hiroshi sang during the match. Hiroshi tried to take advantage but his Scorpion Deathlock was countered into an Achilles Tendon Hold and then turned into a Cross Heel Hold to make Hiroshi tap out.
DDT “LAST HEISEI, FIRST REIWA PRO WRESTLING”, 30/04/2019 Tokyo DDT Pro Wrestling Ochanomizu Dojo 0 Fans
1. Special 10-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, HARASHIMA, Fuminori Abe, Ken Ohka & Yuka Sakazaki defeated Tetsuya Endo, Antonio Honda, Ryota Nakatsu, Shuichiro Katsumura & Miyu Yamashita when Takeshita pinned Honda with the Fable (18:28).
DDT wanted to celebrate the end of Japan’s Heisei era and the beginning of the Reiwa era so they brought together the best of the best to their new dojo in Ochanomizu. The plan was to do a special 10-Man Tag match that started before the clock struck midnight and ended in the early hours of the morning. On one side was the team of champions from each brand in the DDT family. We had the KO-D Openweight Champion Tetsuya Endo and DDT Extreme Champion Antonio Honda representing DDT. BASARA was represented by the Union MAX Champion Ryota Nakatsu. The Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Shuichiro Katsumura represented Ganbare☆Wrestling and the TOKYO Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita was there for Tokyo Joshi Pro. The other team was made up of established non-champions from the same brands. There was Konosuke Takeshita & HARASHIMA for DDT, Fuminori Abe for BASARA, Ken Ohka for Ganpro and finally Yuka Sakazaki for Tokyo Joshi.
Before the match began the champion team posed for a group photo, which annoyed their opponents. Honda quickly tripped on the ropes and injured his leg. He was about to declare his retirement due to injury but first wanted to tell his story of Gongitsune. It was all a ruse for Honda to poke everyone on the other team in the eyes. When the match got going we got plenty of unusual pairings like Endo against Sakazaki, Yamashita against Ohka and Nakatsu against Takeshita. The ending came when Abe stopped Honda’s Diving Fist Drop with a Rabbit Punch. Ohka hit Honda with the Fire Spear, Sakazaki landed the Magical Girl Splash and HARASHIMA followed up with a Swan Dive Body Press. With Honda all but out, Takeshita finished him off with the Fable to win the last match of Heisei and the first match of Reiwa!
Endo didn’t want to stick around afterwards and quickly left the ring when the match was over. The rest stayed behind and gave out thank you messages of support to the audience watching on DDT UNIVERSE.
BASARA “BASARA 93 ~OJI GONGEN~”, 06/04/2019 Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR 150 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. All Star East Vs West: Isami Kodaka Vs Fuminori Abe
2. All Star East Vs West: FUMA Vs Akiyori Takizawa
3. All Star East Vs West: FUMA Vs Banana Senga
4. All Star East Vs West: Ryuichi Sekine Vs Takato Nakano
5. All Star East Vs West: Ryuichi Sekine Vs Masato Kamino
6. All Star East Vs West: Ryuichi Sekine Vs Tsutomu Oosugi
7. All Star East Vs West: Yasu Urano Vs Tsutomu Oosugi
BASARA “BASARA 93 ~OJI GONGEN~”, 06/04/2019 Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR 150 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. All Star East Vs West: Isami Kodaka Vs Fuminori Abe ended in a Time Limit Draw (8:00).
2. All Star East Vs West: FUMA defeated Akiyori Takizawa with the Iron Maiden (5:07).
3. All Star East Vs West: FUMA Vs Banana Senga ended in a Double Pinfall (2:43).
4. All Star East Vs West: Ryuichi Sekine defeated Takato Nakano with the Let’s Combine (2:40).
5. All Star East Vs West: Ryuichi Sekine defeated Masato Kamino by Ring Out (3:00).
6. All Star East Vs West: Tsutomu Oosugi defeated Ryuichi Sekine with a Let’s Combine Turn Back (3:23).
7. All Star East Vs West: Yasu Urano Vs Tsutomu Oosugi ended in a Double Disqualification (7:09).
8. All Star East Vs West: Takumi Tsukamoto defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi with a Lariat (5:16).
9. All Star East Vs West: Daichi Kazato Vs Takumi Tsukamoto ended in a Double Countout (2:56).
10. All Star East Vs West: SAGAT Vs Ryota Nakatsu ended in a Time Limit Draw (8:00).
11. All Star East Vs West – Final Match: Fuminori Abe defeated Daiki Shimomura with the Grounded Manjigatame (10:58). *West Army defeats East Army.
An 8 Vs 8 Gauntlet match split the BASARA roster into two teams, one consisting of wrestlers from the west side of Japan and the other the east side of Japan. The number 8 was a constant theme of the competition with an 8 minute time limit, an 8 second ring out, an 8 second foul count and 8 total seconds of pinning the opponent to beat them.
Isami Kodaka Vs Fuminori Abe was team captain versus team captain and ended in a time limit draw. FUMA scored first for the East Army by beating Akiyori Takizawa. A second draw happened when FUMA and Banana Senga pinned each other during a Small Package spot. Ryuichi Sekine scored two eliminations by beating Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino one after the other. Tsutomu Oosugi stopped his run by countering the Let’s Combine into a cradle. Chaos broke out during Oosugi Vs Yasu Urano when wrestlers from both teams interfered in the match causing a double DQ. With the battle lines refreshed, Takumi Tsukamoto defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi then got into a double countout with Daichi Kazato for the third tie. Another time limit draw happened with SAGAT and Ryota Nakatsu. The outcome of that meant Daiki Shimomura was the last wrestler left so the East Army were going to win by default. However Abe asked for one final match with no time limit to properly determine a winner. It was accepted and Abe was able to beat Shimomura to crown the West Army as the winners! The show ended with Abe inviting all the wrestlers from north, south, east and west to count up to eight with him.
BASARA “BASARA 92 ~BANQUET~”, 27/03/2019 Shin-Kiba 1st RING 212 Fans
1. Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano defeated Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino when Tsukamoto submitted Nakano with a Crab Hold (10:50).
2. Turnabout Pro Wrestling Trial: Akiyori Takizawa defeated Gouma Ryu Vs Banana Senga when Takizawa pinned Ryu and Senga with a Reverse DDT and Choke Slam combo (9:53).
3. Jun Masaoka defeated Daiki Shimomura with the 2trap (9:38).
4. Aiseki Tag Vs Trans-Am ★ Family: Ikuto Hidaka & Fuminori Abe defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Trans-Am ★ Tomato when Hidaka pinned Hiroshi with the Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex (10:40).
5. Sparky Vs Stretchmen!: Ryota Nakatsu & Naoki Tanizaki defeated Best Stretchman V3 & Best Stretchman Amazon when Nakatsu pinned V3 with the V Slider (9:53).
6. Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita & Ryuichi Sekine defeated FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT (c) when Sekine submitted Kubo with the Let’s Combine (14:48). *The Iron Family fails in V1. Sento Minzoku becomes the 30th Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champions!
What on Earth happened here? A week ago The Iron Family win the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Titles and today in their first defence they lose the belts to Sento Minzoku! A win looked certain when FUMA stopped Ryuichi Sekine from doing the Let’s Combine on Yusuke Kubo. FUMA hit Sekine with a High Kick to the head, SAGAT did the Crucifixion Of Death and Kubo applied the Death Metal Roll. Luckily for Sekine, Isami Kodaka and Minoru Fujita were there to break the pin. Kubo went for the Goro Suplex several times but Sekine was able to avoid it and catch Kubo in the Let’s Combine for the unexpected submission victory!
FUMA demanded a rematch and encouraged the crowd to agree with him. However his appeal was cut off by a voice saying that they are owed a rematch first. The voice was coming from Abdullah Kobayashi and he was accompanied by Yoshihisa Uto & Hideki Suzuki! The previous champions came here today to get their titles back. Kodaka talked down to Uto by only recognising him as the wrestler he beat in Big Japan yesterday. He saw the mess this situation was becoming and came up with an idea to do a 3 Way Trios title match next month between Sento Minzoku, The Iron Family and the Kobayashi Gundan. The other teams agreed and left, allowing Kodaka to give attention to Sekine for winning the match.
The encounters between Ryota Nakatsu and Best Stretchman V3 in the semi-main event fired up V3. His hood was accidentally removed when he escaped from the V Slider and V3 was left vulnerable to a High Kick as he tried to fix it. V3 ignored his costume malfunction to continue fighting but he was put away with the V Slider. V3 had a bloody nose but he demanded a Union MAX Title shot against Nakatsu for next month. Nakatsu was confused by the challenge because he just beat him but he also sensed a fire burning inside of V3 when they fought so he accepted. V3 then said that BSM stands for something other than Best Stretchman. For this match the B stands for Best, the S stands for Sparky and the M stands for the wrestler that came from Union Pro who will become the next Union Max Champion! Yeah, nobody really understands why he thinks the M stands for that…
A recent online situation involving Manami Toyota and Bea Priestley revealed that Toyota has given permission to only two people for using her Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex: Tsukasa Fujimoto and Ikuto Hidaka. Today Hidaka used the move to win his tag match when Fuminori Abe reminded him he has Toyota’s blessing to do it.
The 2trap is Jun Masaoka’s version of the Tornado Clutch. When he beat Daiki Shimomura he pointed over to Kodaka, implying he wants to fight him next.
Akiyori Takizawa was put in court for a very dangerous crime in Japan, possession of cocaine! The prosecutor Banana Senga wanted to cite Pierre Taki as reference for the case but everyone cut him off because they didn’t want to get into any trouble. The referee was asked to give Takizawa a physical examination and he discovered white powder hidden in Takizawa’s kneepad. The defence lawyer Gouma Ryu identified the powder as just ordinary salt that Takizawa likes to use on his boiled eggs. However more white powder was found so Ryota Nakatsu and Naoki Tanizaki were called in as witnesses. Senga told everyone that the eye blacks seen on the Sparky wrestlers’ faces was actually signs of drug addiction! The topic of ASUKA PROJECT closing down was then brought up which caused Ryu and Senga to join forces and attack Takizawa. He fought both of them off to prove his innocence, pinning the two with a Choke Slam and Reverse DDT combo.
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