Haruhi Taking Time Off, Love Phantom Full Card

April 13, 2023

GANBARE☆PRO “LOVE PHANTOM 2023”, 05/05/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Riara Debut Match: YuuRI Vs Riara
2. Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs X
3. Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi Vs Hartley Jackson & HARUKAZE
4. Ganbare☆Pro Vs Senton Minzoku: Ken Ohka, Shinichiro Tominaga & Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita & Daiki Shimomura
5. Special Tag Match: Shota & Soma Takao Vs Dan The Dad & Kody Lane
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles Tournament – Final: Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yumehito Imanari Vs Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi
7. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii

Keisuke Ishii had some trivia for his big match like he always does. In the 15 years he’s been in wrestling he has headlined Korakuen Hall in singles matches 5 times. His goal ever since his debut was to become the main character in a big match. He wants this to be that match and thought of Mizuki Watase as the perfect opponent ever since Watase jumped from DDT to Ganbare☆Pro. Watase warns Ishii that the more they get along, the more ruthless Watase will be against him in the ring!

Everyone in the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Titles match is somebody Yumehito Imanari has a lot of attachment to. He spent a lot of last year feuding with Tatsuhito Takaiwa, crediting him for his growth as a wrestler. Imanari has spent the last decade filming many of Hikaru Sato’s matches. And he’s been a fan of Tyson Maeguchi ever since he got drunk at a drinking party Maeguchi hosted. Unfortunately Sato does not share the same memories with Imanari. All he remembers was that one time a senior director in DDT gave Imanari a Yakuza Kick inside the DDT office. Maeguchi remembers the drinking party but can’t recall if he already fought Imanari at all (they’ve been in several matches together). He is instead focused on showing his evolution from kickboxer to pro wrestler.

An important announcement came from Moeka Haruhi today. She will be taking a break from pro wrestling after 5th May so she can donate a kidney to her sister. Haruhi’s sister has severe renal failure and her condition got worse over the last year. The time came when she had to make a decision to either take a kidney transplant or go through dialysis. Haruhi offered to donate a kidney when she found out about it. The transplant surgery is scheduled for June and her doctor reckons it will take around 3 months until she is able to wrestle again. Although she is freelance, she is considered part of the GanPro family. Haruhi said she is not quitting pro wrestling but when she comes back she may have to change her style depending on what her physical strength and body shape is like.

The performance Riara put out for her exhibition match on 1st April was good enough to convince Ganpro to set up her pro debut. Ken Ohka told Riara this is not her goal but only the start of her journey. Her opponent will be YuuRI who has been with her for every day of practice. Riara wants to repay YuuRI for always standing by her. That means she will do her best to win even if YuuRI is her opponent!

The match order has not been fully determined yet. Only the main event and semi-main event are in their guaranteed spots.

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More Of The Stuff I Missed

April 11, 2023

And here’s the second half covering everything else. Don’t know if I’ll be writing reports for the shows this weekend as soon as they happen. Might be better saving that for when I get home.

BASARA “BASARA 215 ~KOO~”, 15/04/2023
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. KUBITO Vs Tsutomu Oosugi
2. Turnabout Pro Wrestling Trial: Gouma Ryu Vs Banana Senga Vs Daichi Kazato
3. Basara Strange Style Jacket Match: FUMA Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
4. Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino Vs Lil’ Kraken & Yasu Urano
5. Ryuichi Sekine, Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita Vs Ryota Nakatsu, SAGAT & Akiyori Takizawa
6. Union MAX Title Next Challenger Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Takumi Tsukamoto

Even though Banana Senga is the new Union MAX Champion, he still has trials in court to prosecute.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SHIZUOKA IDOL FESTIVAL IN TSUMAGOI”, 16/04/2023
Shizuoka Tsumagoi Resort Sai no Sato Multipurpose Plaza

1. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino Vs Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku
2. Maki Itoh & Raku Vs Vert Vixen & Hikari Noa
3. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe Vs Suzume & Shino Suzuki

Tokyo Joshi Pro’s visit to the Shizuoka Idol Festival is bringing Max The Impaler and Vert Vixen along for the ride.

BASARA “BASARA 216 ~KOO~”, 18/04/2023
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takumi Tsukamoto, Ryota Nakatsu & Yasu Urano Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Daichi Kazato & Tsutomu Oosugi
2. FUMA & KUBITO Vs Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Gouma Ryu
4. IRON FIST Tag Titles: Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino (c) Vs Lil’ Kraken & Leo Isaka
5. Union MAX Title: Banana Senga (c) Vs SAGAT

A rare non-court related wrestling match for Gouma Ryu.

GANBARE☆PRO “SHOTA DEBUT 15TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCE SHOW 2023”, 22/04/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Ilusion
2. Gauntlet Mixed Tag Match: Mizuki Watase & HARUKAZE Vs Yumehito Imanari & Miss Mongol Vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi Vs Soma Takao & YuuRI Vs Kabuto Mitomi & Echika Miyabi
3. Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Tyson Maeguchi
4. Shota Debut 15th Anniversary Special Single Match: Shota Vs Isami Kodaka

Ilusion is taking Yuki Ueno’s advice and looking out beyond DDT for match bookings. He makes his Ganbare☆Pro debut against Shinichiro Tominaga.

GANBARE☆PRO “THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 2023”, 22/04/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. YuuRI Vs Ancham
2. 3 Way Match: Shota Vs Munetatsu Nakamura Vs KOJIO
3. Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling Vs Sento Minzoku!: Ken Ohka & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Isami Kodaka & Minoru Fujita
4. Mizuki Watase, Yumehito Imanari & Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Keisuke Ishii, Tyson Maeguchi & Takuya Wada

Ancham makes a few rare appearances for GanPro every now and then. This will be her first for this year. Maybe YuuRI can recruit her for Ganbare☆Joshi.

GANBARE☆PRO “RUN LOLA RUN 2023”, 29/04/2023
Osaka 176BOX

1. Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Marika Kobashi
2. GanPro Specialty Mixed Tag Match: Shota & HARUKAZE Vs Soma Takao & YuuRI
3. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yumehito Imanari Vs Minoru Fujita & Takahiro Katori
4. Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling Vs The 37KAMIINA: Keisuke Ishii & Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Yuki Ueno & MAO
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Mizuki Watase, Ken Ohka & Hartley Jackson Vs Shuichiro Katsumura, Shinichiro Tominaga & Tyson Maeguchi

The All-Star Junior All-Stars need to warm up before their big Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles match next month. Minoru Fujita & Takahiro Katori are joining forces to take them on.

GANBARE☆JOSHI “GANJO FIRE EMBLEM ’23”, 02/05/2023
Takashimadaira Ward Community Center

1. Special Tag Match: Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI Vs Tomoka Inaba & HisokA
2. Special Single Match: Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Tae Honma

The next big challenge for Yoshiko Hasegawa is Tae Honma!

GanJo are getting themselves into a feud with JUST TAP OUT. Both Tomoka Inaba & HisokA are coming over to give Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI a fight.

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Yuni Aiming For Heavyweight, Max & Pom Teaming Up, KOJIO Appears

April 6, 2023

I’m about to go on holiday so if there’s not posts here for the next two weeks it’s because of that. The Tokyo Joshi Pro talent that had their flight cancelled earlier in the week eventually made it home but it sounds like they had a real frustrating experience getting their. Then there’s the news coming out of last night where The 37KAMIINA, Maki Itoh and Mizuki were on the AEW Dark Elevation taping that took place before Dynamite. Then when Dynamite was over Konosuke Takeshita and Miyu Yamashita were on the ROH taping that was held right after it. I’ll write about all of that in next month’s Around The World article.

DDT “APRIL FOOL 2023”, 09/04/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: MJ Paul & KANON Vs Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi
1. Rukiya Debut Match: Yuya Koroku Vs Rukiya
2. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi Vs Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Toy Kojima
3. Harimao Vs Eruption!: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani
4. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Yuni
5. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada Vs Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada
6. WORLD HINO CLASSIC ~Finals~: Yuji Hino, “brother” YASSHI & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MAO & Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura

For the next step in his career, Yuni wants to wrestle in Osaka and Tokyo as much as possible. The reasons are he is from Osaka and has made a lot of friends in Tokyo too. He ultimately wants to grow into a heavyweight but still be able to do high flying just like Tetsuya Endo.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “STAND ALONE ’23”, 15/04/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Moka Miyamoto Vs Kaya Toribami
2. Yuki Aino, Haruna Neko & Haru Kazashiro Vs Suzume, Arisu Endo & Runa Okubo
3. Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Toga Vs Miu Watanabe, Hikari Noa, Raku & Shino Suzuki
4. Yuka Sakazaki & Mahiro Kiryu Vs Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku
5. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao Vs Yuki Arai & HIMAWARI (Special Referee: Shiori Aoki)
6. International Princess Title: Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Vert Vixen
7. Princess Of Princess Title: Mizuki (c) Vs Nao Kakuta

What’s this? Max The Impaler is returning to Japan wanting to regain the Princess Tag Team Titles that they lost last month. However they are going on their own because Heidi Howitzer has other matters in the Wasteland to deal with. What can Max do? They demanded to team with one person in particular… Pom Harajuku?!? Max’s obsession with Pom has now turned them from enemies into the unlikeliest of tag teams!

All four current members of The Up Up Girls are teaming together as a foursome for the first time.

Rookies Haru Kazashiro and Runa Okubo will be on opposite teams for the first time ever. All of their previous matches since their debuts had them teaming together.

DDT “DRAMATIC EXPLOSION IN NIIGATA”, 16/04/2023
Niigata Bandaijima Multi-Purpose Plaza

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
2. Current Blast Bat 6-Man Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita, Shunma Katsumata & Toy Kojima Vs Joey Janela, Sanshiro Takagi & Takeshi Masada

The main event will consist of four baseball bats all rigged to explode at the touch of a button at ringside. The explosions are being advertised to be three times as powerful as usual.

GANBARE☆PRO “BLOODY SUNDAY 2023”, 22/04/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Moeka Haruhi Vs Yoshiko Hasegawa
2. Grappling Tag Match: Shuichiro Katsumura & Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Takuya Wada & Tsuyoshi Okada
3. Secret Captain’s Fall Elimination 6-Man Tag Match: Hartley Jackson, Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE Vs Ken Ohka, Soma Takao & YuuRI
4. Mizuki Watase & Shota Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shinichiro Tominaga

Mizuki Watase is also back from America and ready to face the challenge of Keisuke Ishii. I still haven’t found out what new skills Watase learned over in the US.

The Grappling Tag Match can only be won by submission or ref stoppage. Strikes are prohibited and rope breaks will not count towards breaking up holds.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “CLIMB OVER ’23”, 22/04/2023
Osaka Edion Arena #2

1. Princess Tag Team Titles: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki (c) Vs Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku

Max & Pom are getting a Princess Tag Titles shot! The two of them are going to be The Magical Sugar Rabbits’ first challengers.

GANBARE☆PRO “SHOTA DEBUT 15TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCE SHOW 2023”, 22/04/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Gauntlet Mixed Tag Match: Mizuki Watase & HARUKAZE Vs Yumehito Imanari & Miss Mongol Vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi Vs Soma Takao & YuuRI Vs Kabuto Mitomi & Echika Miyabi
2. Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Tyson Maeguchi
3. Shota Debut 15th Anniversary Special Single Match: Shota Vs Isami Kodaka

Something new for Ganbare☆Pro is a Gauntlet Tag Match. Shota has invited a lot of wrestlers close to him to take part in it.

GANBARE☆PRO “THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 2023”, 22/04/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. 3 Way Match: Shota Vs Munetatsu Nakamura Vs KOJIO
2. Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling Vs Sento Minzoku!: Ken Ohka & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Isami Kodaka & Minoru Fujita
3. Mizuki Watase, Yumehito Imanari & Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Keisuke Ishii, Tyson Maeguchi & Takuya Wada

The last GanPro show before they go to Korakuen Hall features a Sento Minzoku invasion. Isami Kodaka is already involved thanks to Shota inviting him over but Minoru Fujita is tagging along with him.

A monster wrestler from the UMA Corps named KOJIO is making its GanPro debut. It very recently emerged in ChocoPro but has also been sighted in wrestling rings across America, Singapore and Thailand over the last year.

GANBARE☆PRO “RUN LOLA RUN 2023”, 29/04/2023
Osaka 176BOX

1. Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Marika Kobashi
2. Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling Vs The 37KAMIINA: Keisuke Ishii & Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Yuki Ueno & MAO
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Mizuki Watase, Ken Ohka & Hartley Jackson Vs Shuichiro Katsumura, Shinichiro Tominaga & Tyson Maeguchi

The 37KAMIINA are sending Yuki Ueno & MAO over to visit GanPro. Keisuke Ishii & Munetatsu Nakamura will be waiting for them.

The working relationship with P.P.P. Tokyo brings Marika Kobashi back to GanPro for another appearance.

Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Soma Takao will both be on the show.

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GANBARE☆JOSHI “GANJO RESTART ’23” Results

April 1, 2023

GANBARE☆JOSHI “GANJO RESTART ’23”, 01/04/2023
Yokohama Radiant Hall
154 Fans

0. Exhibition Match: Riara Vs Moeka Haruhi ended in a Time Limit Draw (5:00).
1. Gatoh Move Offer Match: Sayaka Obihiro defeated Chie Koishikawa with the Verse (10:10).
2. Special Tag Match: Ami Manase & Moeka Haruhi defeated Marika Kobashi & Echika Miyabi when Manase pinned Miyabi with the Diving Senton (17:27).
3. Special Single Match: YuuRI defeated Yoshiko Hasegawa with the Swanton Bomb (11:42).

The restart of Ganbare☆Joshi took place today with YuuRI and Yoshiko Hasegawa both stepping up to give the brand a new lease of life. YuuRI’s slight edge in experience was the deciding factor and she defeated Hasegawa in the main event. YuuRI admitted after the match that she injured her ankle during training yesterday and took painkillers in order to go through the match today. The win gives her a big confident boost which she will need when she goes over to JUST TAP OUT on 9th April. On that day YuuRI is facing Tomoka Inaba with the Queen Of JTO Title on the line. Inaba then made a surprise appearance!

Inaba said she was here to see how YuuRI was doing since leaving JTO a year and a half ago. She is impressed to see how much YuuRI has grown but Inaba has grown a lot too. She is warning her challenger that the match will be under JTO rules and YuuRI will get hurt if she goes into it half-heartedly. YuuRI was left angry by those words. She promised to take the title away from Inaba and bring it over to GanJo!

The GanJo debut of Yuna Manase’s masked sister Ami Manase went off very well for her. Wearing her sister’s ring gear, Ami teamed with Moeka Haruhi to beat the P.P.P. Tokyo team of Marika Kobashi & Echika Miyabi. Ami herself got the pin and was excited to find out her sister was in the room to see it happen. Haruhi wants to send a message to Manase’s mother and that message is “Thank you for giving birth to Ami Manase!” Haruhi also said the spirits of Yuna Manase and HARUKAZE are both contained inside Ami. She wants to be by Ami’s side so they can conquer the world with GanJo together! Backstage, Ami told the reporters you won’t see her around much outside of GanJo because she is still in high school.

Sayaka Obihiro took a timeout from chopping Chie Koishikawa so she could congratulate GanJo on their restart.

The trainee from the cabaret world Riara went through an exhibition match with Haruhi before the show began. The match had a 5 minute time limit but Haruhi made Riara tap out with a minute left. However the purpose of this exhibition was to give Riara ring time so the two agreed to ignore the result and continue wrestling for the time left remaining. Riara tried fighting back with Elbow Strikes and a Dropkick but was put into another Crab Hold until the time ran out. Michiyoshi Mishima told Riara he will have a discussion with Ken Ohka to determine if she passed or failed the test. If she ends up passing then her pro debut will be happening sooner rather than later.

Yuna Manase attended the show but needed a crutch and a knee brace to move around with her injury. She announced that she was appointed the GM of GanJo. In this place GM stands for Ganbare Manager! Her role is to do her best to guide the joshi here just like her mentor Fuka did for her.

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Videos – Ganpro March Tripleshot

March 28, 2023

GANBARE☆PRO “HERO NEVER DIE 2023”, 25/03/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR
70 Fans

1. Soma Takao Vs Munetatsu Nakamura
2. Moeka Haruhi Vs YuuRI
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Hartley Jackson, Takuya Wada & Yumehito Imanari
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi

GANBARE☆PRO “MIZUKI WATASE PRODUCE 2023”, 25/03/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR
79 Fans

1. Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi Vs Shinichiro Tominaga & Munetatsu Nakamura
2. DDT Foods 3 Army Battle ~Ebisuko Tavern Vs Drop Kick Vs Swan Dive~: Ken Ohka Vs Soma Takao Vs YuuRI
3. Hartley Jackson Vs HARUKAZE
4. Special Tag Match: Mizuki Watase & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Tyson Maeguchi

GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆PRO WRESTLING PLAYERS ASSOCIATION PERFORMANCE”, 25/03/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR
81 Fans

1. Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Daiki Shimomura
2. Moeka Haruhi & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Rina Amikura & YuuRI
3. Elimination 6-Man Tag Match: Mizuki Watase, Shinichiro Tominaga & Yuki Kanzaki Vs Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Keisuke Ishii
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yumehito Imanari Vs Shota & Soma Takao

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Keigo Hungry For Success, Sawyer Wreck Coming To TJPW, Spirit Of Ganbare Title Matches

March 27, 2023

I’m aiming to get the DDT and TJPW USA guides finished by Wednesday night.

DDT “DDT GOES YOKOHAMA! ~BLOW UP HOLLYWOOD!!~”, 01/04/2023
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Toru Owashi & Kazuma Sumi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yusuke Okada
2. Kotaro Suzuki & Soma Takao Vs Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida
3. O-40 Title: Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Antonio Honda
4. Special Single Match I ~ Hardcore Match: MJ Paul Vs Yukio Naya
5. Special Single Match II: Kazuki Hirata Vs Invisible Man
6. Special Single Match III: Yuji Hino Vs Akito
7. King Of DDT 2023 Qualifying Battle: Hideki Okatani Vs Toy Kojima Vs Yuya Koroku
8. Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi

The match between Makoto Oishi and Antonio Honda now has the O-40 Title on the line.

DDT “APRIL FOOL 2023”, 09/04/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MJ Paul & KANON Vs Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi
2. Rukiya Ikeda Debut Match: Yuya Koroku Vs Rukiya Ikeda
3. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yukio Naya Vs Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Toy Kojima
4. Harimao Vs Eruption!: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani
5. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Yuni
6. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada Vs Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada
7. WORLD HINO CLASSIC ~Finals~: Yuji Hino, “brother” YASSHI & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MAO & Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura

After a long, grueling and dramatic tournament that was one match long, the World Hino Classic has finally reached the final. Pheromones must face Ω again but this time Yuji Hino’s senior from his high school wrestling club “brother” YASSHI is on the team! Pheromones must win if Yuki Iino wants any chance of getting a KO-D Openweight Title shot.

The challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Titles showed their confidence in very different ways during a press conference today. HARASHIMA pointed out that he & Keigo Nakamura have a 100% win rate as a team. Nakamura showed his determination by threatening to eat a live cockroach he brought along in a jar! Shunma Katsumata stopped him from going ahead with it.

GANBARE☆PRO “SHOTA DEBUT 15TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCE SHOW 2023”, 22/04/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Shota Debut 15th Anniversary Special Single Match: Shota Vs Isami Kodaka

Shota successfully asked Isami Kodaka to be his opponent for his 15th Anniversary match.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW INSPIRATION”, 01/05/2022
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Mahiro Kiryu Vs Gabai Ji-chan
2. HIMAWARI Vs Toga
3. Suzume & Arisu Endo Vs Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami
4. Death Match: Sawyer Wreck Vs Hikari Noa

The next “TJPW INSPIRATION” was hastily put together in order to introduce Sawyer Wreck to Tokyo Joshi Pro. Wreck stands 188cm tall and has been a regular opponent for Maki Itoh during Itoh’s visits to America. Her first match in TJPW is happening on 29th April but a few days later she will get to face Hikari Noa in a Death Match! What kind of Death Match will be announced on a later date.

Mahiro Kiryu will have to show her manners when she takes on Gabai Ji-chan.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YES! WONDERLAND ’23”, 05/05/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Princess Of Princess Title: Mizuki (c) Vs Sawyer Wreck

A few days after her Death Match, Wreck will get a Princess Of Princess Title match against the winner of Mizuki Vs Nao Kakuta.

GANBARE☆PRO “LOVE PHANTOM 2023”, 05/05/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Tag Match: Shota & Soma Takao Vs Dan The Dad & Kody Lane
2. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles Tournament – Final: Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yumehito Imanari Vs Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi
3. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii

When Mizuki Watase comes back from America, Keisuke Ishii will be waiting for him. Ishii has gotten the better of Watase in recent matches so he feels now is the time to challenge for the Spirit Of Ganbare Title.

The finals of the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles Tournament is between The All-Star Junior All-Stars and Hentai Punch Drunkers.

The debuts of Dan The Dad & Kody Lane pits them against ROMANCE DAWN.

Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura will both be on the show representing the Sento Minzoku faction from BASARA.

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GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆PRO WRESTLING PLAYERS ASSOCIATION PERFORMANCE” Results

March 25, 2023

GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆PRO WRESTLING PLAYERS ASSOCIATION PERFORMANCE”, 25/03/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR
81 Fans

1. Daiki Shimomura defeated Munetatsu Nakamura with a Half Crab Hold (7:59).
2. Rina Amikura & YuuRI defeated Moeka Haruhi & Yoshiko Hasegawa when Amikura pinned Hasegawa with a Diving Senton from the Corner Stage (10:56).
3. Elimination 6-Man Tag Match: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Keisuke Ishii defeated Mizuki Watase, Shinichiro Tominaga & Yuki Kanzaki (16:01).
3a. Shuichiro Katsumura eliminated Shinichiro Tominaga by Ring Out (8:21).
3b. Mizuki Watase eliminated Shuichiro Katsumura by Ring Out (11:21).
3c. Keisuke Ishii eliminated Mizuki Watase by Ring Out (12:21).
3d. Yuki Kanzaki eliminated Keisuke Ishii by Ring Out (13:43).
3e. Ken Ohka eliminated Yuki Kanzaki with the Spear Of Flame (16:01).
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yumehito Imanari defeated Shota & Soma Takao when Takaiwa pinned Shota with the Avalanche Death Valley Bomb (17:49).

The last show on today’s Ganbare☆Pro tripleshot ended up shaping a lot of the card for Ganpro’s return to Korakuen Hall on 5th May. In the main event The All-Star Junior All-Stars defeated ROMANCE DAWN to advance to the tournament final. They will now face Hentai Punch Drunkers at Korakuen to determine the first ever Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Champions. It left Junior Stars in a familiar position because Tatsuhito Takaiwa became the first Spirit Of Ganbare World Champion by beatin Yumehito Imanari in a tournament final a year and a half ago. They vowed to win the Tag Titles by drinking highballs together during their post-match interview.

Earlier today on Mizuki Watase’s own produce show, Keisuke Ishii pinned him clean. Then on this show Ishii eliminated Watase in the 6-Man Tag Match. This resulted in Ishii challenging Watase for the SOG Title on 5th May because he has never won a singles main event in Korakuen. Watase accepted the challenge so he can show the world not only his own strength but the greatness of Ganpro too.

Isami Kodaka was in attendance to be in Daiki Shimomura’s corner for his match against Munetatsu Nakamura. His presence attracted the attention of several Ganpro wrestlers. First, Shota asked Kodaka to be his opponent for his 15th Anniversary mach on 22nd April. Kodaka accepted and shook Shota’s hand. Seems friendly enough. Then the mood of the room changed after Shimomura beat Nakamura by submission. Nakamura refused to shake his opponent’s hand after the match and Ken Ohka spoke about his frustration over Ganpro being unable to beat any of the wrestlers from Sento Minzoku. Kodaka said he can tell Nakamura has guts but he doesn’t sense if Ohka has any. This led to a Ganpro Vs Sento Minzoku match being set up for 5th May.

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GANBARE☆PRO “MIZUKI WATASE PRODUCE 2023” Results

March 25, 2023

GANBARE☆PRO “MIZUKI WATASE PRODUCE 2023”, 25/03/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR
79 Fans

1. Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi defeated Shinichiro Tominaga & Munetatsu Nakamura when Katsumura submitted Nakamura with an Inverted Cross Armbreaker (13:29).
2. DDT Foods 3 Army Battle ~Ebisuko Tavern Vs Drop Kick Vs Swan Dive~: Soma Takao defeated Ken Ohka and YuuRI when Takao pinned YuuRI with a Jackknife Pin (8:24).
3. Hartley Jackson defeated HARUKAZE with the Jumping Piledriver (11:25).
4. Special Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii & Tyson Maeguchi defeated Mizuki Watase & Yukio Sakaguchi when Ishii pinned Watase with the High Angle Double Arm DDT (13:06).

The second of three Ganbare☆Pro shows today was all put together by Mizuki Watase. Despite getting to team with Yukio Sakaguchi, he was pinned by Keisuke Ishii in the main event. Watase was still proud of the performance though. He teamed with Sakaguchi before but today felt different. Today’s match means more to him than wrestling in Budokan Hall or Tokyo Dome ever could.

Watase was also impressed by how HARUKAZE’s David Vs Goliath battle with Hartley Jackson went. He was in the locker room as the match was going on but could hear the fans cheering for HARUKAZE from there. It made him glad he made the match.

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GANBARE☆PRO “HERO NEVER DIE 2023” Results

March 25, 2023

GANBARE☆PRO “HERO NEVER DIE 2023”, 25/03/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR
70 Fans

1. Soma Takao defeated Munetatsu Nakamura with a Liger Bomb (9:25).
2. Moeka Haruhi defeated YuuRI with the Ojosama Clutch (11:17).
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga defeated Hartley Jackson, Takuya Wada & Yumehito Imanari when Shota pinned Imanari with a Jackknife Pin (12:12).
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi defeated Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura when Sato submitted Ohka with an Reverse Cross Arm Body Lock (23:18).

The tournament to crown the first ever Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles began today on a Ganbare☆Pro tripleshot. The opening match took place on the first show where Hentai Punch Drunkers eliminated Daishoken. The finish came when Hikaru Sato blocked the Spear Of Flame from Ken Ohka and turned it into a Front Sleeper. He then brought Ohka down to the mat and turned it into a Cross Armbreaker to make Ohka give up. Afterwards Sato introduced Tyson Maeguchi as the new hero of the world of Punch Drunkers. They advance to the final on 5th May.

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Akiyama Trains The Student Club Wrestlers

March 10, 2023

DDT “HANAMI PRO WRESTLING 2023”, 12/03/2023
Saitama Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park Outdoor Stage

1. Student Pro Wrestling Support Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Great-GO-Khan & “Mother’s Child” Mazakon Kid Vs Antonio Honda, Macho Gallows & Dopyu♡McIntyre
2. MJ Paul & KANON Vs Hideki Okatani & Yuya Koroku
3. Yuki “Sexy” Iino Produce Match ~ Pheromone Rumble: Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Chris Brookes Vs Yusuke Okada Vs Kazuma Sumi Vs Sacrifice X
4. Kazuki Hirata Produce Match ~ Bring Items Anywhere Falls Count Fair And Square Full Settlement Tag Team Match: Kazuki Hirata, Soma Takao, Gota Ihashi & Keigo Nakamura Vs Toru Owashi & Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Tetsuya Endo Produce Match ~ Shiraishi Castle Love Song: Tetsuya Endo & Keisuke Ishii Vs Akito & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
6. Special Challenge Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Takeshi Masada
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuji Hino, MAO & Makoto Oishi Vs Yukio Naya, Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida

Earlier this week Sanshiro Takagi asked Jun Akiyama to give the four student club wrestlers a training session at DDT’s dojo. Takagi remembered the story of MEN’S Teioh from his student pro wrestling days getting guidance from Giant Baba. This happened because Baba did not want to see Teioh get injured in the ring from having no proper training at the time. Since Akiyama is a disciple of Baba he was the perfect choice to teach Great-GO-Khan, Mazakon Kid, Macho Gallows and Dopyu♡McIntyre the basics of pro wrestling from lock ups to submission holds to rope work. Afterwards Akiyama told the media on site that if there are more student wrestlers who want to join DDT he will be there to welcome them.

Toi Kojima has picked up a fever and will not be able to appear on the show this Sunday. He’s been removed from the Pheromones Rumble.

BASARA “BASARA 213 ~TAKAGARI 15~”, 18/03/2023
Takashimadaira Ward Community Center

1. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daichi Kazato Vs Lil’ Kraken & Fuminori Abe
2. Daiki Shimomura Vs Koju Takeda
3. Takumi Tsukamoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT
4. Isami Kodaka Vs Antonio Honda
5. IRON FIST Tag Titles: Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino (c) Vs FUMA & KUBITO

The BASARA debut of Koju Takeda puts him in the ring against Daiki Shimomura.

GANBARE☆PRO “HERO NEVER DIE 2023”, 25/03/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Soma Takao Vs Munetatsu Nakamura
2. Moeka Haruhi Vs YuuRI
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Hartley Jackson, Takuya Wada & Yumehito Imanari
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi

The rookie Munetatsu Nakamura has challenged Soma Takao to a match.

GANBARE☆PRO “MIZUKI WATASE PRODUCE 2023”, 25/03/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. DDT Foods 3 Army Battle ~Ebisuko Tavern Vs Drop Kick Vs Swan Dive~: Ken Ohka Vs Soma Takao Vs YuuRI
2. Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi Vs Shinichiro Tominaga & Munetatsu Nakamura
3. Hartley Jackson Vs HARUKAZE
4. Special Tag Match: Mizuki Watase & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Tyson Maeguchi

Whether you know them as either THE HALFEE or Harukatsu Shoot, it’s a tag team reunion for Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi!

Three employees from DDT’s different restaurant businesses will collide in a 3 Way Match.

GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆PRO WRESTLING PLAYERS ASSOCIATION PERFORMANCE”, 25/03/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Moeka Haruhi & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Rina Amikura & YuuRI
2. Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Daiki Shimomura
3. Elimination 6-Man Tag Match: Mizuki Watase, Shinichiro Tominaga & Yuki Kanzaki Vs Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Keisuke Ishii
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yumehito Imanari Vs Shota & Soma Takao

Looking at the schedule I think this is Mizuki Watase’s last match in Japan before he goes on his American excursion.

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