Changes To May Schedule

April 23, 2021

In response to the Japanese government declaring a state of emergency from 25th April to 11th May to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, DDT has decided to cancel, postpone or replace the following events taking place in Tokyo during that period.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’21 ~THE BULLET~”, 01/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

The show in Itabashi Green Hall has been cancelled. Tokyo Joshi Pro will hold a No Audience event at an undisclosed venue for WRESTLE UNIVERSE in its place.

GANBARE☆PRO “RESERVOIR DOGS 2021”, 01/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Shu Sakurai Trial Single Match: Shu Sakurai Vs Shigehiro Irie
2. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1A: Ken Ohka & Cherry Vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi
3. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1B: Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase Vs Shota & Miss Mongol
4. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1C: Kouki Iwasaki & Itsuki Aoki Vs Asuka & Shinichiro Tominaga
5. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1D: Keisuke Ishii & HARUKAZE Vs Miyako Matsumoto & X

The show has been cancelled.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YES! WONDERLAND 2021 ~WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR DREAMS~”, 04/05/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yuki Arai Debut Match: Maki Itoh & Arisu Endo Vs Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai
2. Princess Tag Team Titles: Sakisama & Mei Saint-Michel (c) Vs Mirai Maiumi & Suzume
3. Princess Of Princess Title: Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Miyu Yamashita

The show will go ahead in Korakuen Hall as a No Audience event for WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2021”, 04/05/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Akito Vs Mad Paulie
2. 3 Way Match To Bring Back The Smile On Kikutaro’s Face After All He’s Been Through: Danshoku Dieno Vs Antonio Honda Vs Kikutaro
3. 3 Way 6-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Yuji Hino Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yuki Iino
4. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Yusuke Okada Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
5. KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Naya, Chikara & Nabe Yakan (c) Vs Keigo Nakamura, Hideki Okatani, Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku
6. DDT Extreme Title & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Chris Brookes (E/c) Vs Saki Akai (I/c)
7. DDT UNIVERSAL Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Soma Takao

The show will go ahead in Korakuen Hall as a No Audience event for WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’21 ~THE BULLET~”, 05/05/2021
Kitazawa Town Hall

The show in Kitazawa Town Hall has been cancelled. TJPW will hold a No Audience event at an undisclosed venue for WRESTLE UNIVERSE in its place.

GANBARE☆PRO “PULP FICTION 2021”, 08/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Winners Of Match 1A Vs Winners Of Match 1B
2. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Winners Of Match 1C Vs Winners Of Match 1D
3. Shu Sakurai Trial Single Match: Shu Sakurai Vs SAGAT
4. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Final: X & X Vs X & X

The show has been cancelled.

DDT “ULTIMATE TAG LEAGUE 2021 IN KORAKUEN HALL!!”, 09/05/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Tetsuya Endo, Soma Takao & Mad Paulie Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai & Yuki Iino
2. 4 Way Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya Vs Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito & Keigo Nakamura
3. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yusuke Okada
4. Naomi Yoshimura Return Match: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Yuki Ueno & MAO
5. Ultimate Tag League 2021: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi Vs Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda
6. Ultimate Tag League 2021: Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino

The show will go ahead in Korakuen Hall as a No Audience event for WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW FAN CLUB BOX OFFICE – PURE TOKYO JOSHI PRO WRESTLING 5”, 09/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

The show has been postponed until a later date.


Shiori’s Graduation Match, This Weekend’s Shows Still On

April 23, 2021

A new state of emergency in Tokyo was declared today but it does not go into effect until 25th April. That means this weekend’s wrestling shows are going ahead as planned. I’ll have an update on the May schedule in a later post.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’21 ~THE BULLET~”, 24/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Hyper Misao Vs Pom Harajuku Vs Mahiro Kiryu
2. Hikari Noa Vs Sena Shiori
3. Yuki Kamifuku, Marika Kobashi & Raku Vs Nodoka Tenma, Yuki Aino & Haruna Neko
4. Maki Itoh & Arisu Endo Vs Nao Kakuta & Moka Miyamoto
5. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe, Mirai Maiumi & Suzume Vs Miyu Yamashita, Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Shoko Nakajima

Sena Shiori’s final match in Tokyo Joshi Pro is against her friend and tag partner Hikari Noa. This may be the last time we’ll see HikaShio together in the ring.

GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆JOSHI PRO WRESTLING ~BUTTERFLY DANCE 2021~”, 24/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Ganjo Jacket Match: Cherry Vs Shuichiro Katsumura
2. Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling Offer Match: Keisuke Ishii & Shu Sakurai Vs Yumehito Imanari & Shota
3. GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga (c) Vs Chris Brookes, Drew Parker & Miyako Matsumoto
4. Ganjo Vs Actwres girl’Z: Moeka Haruhi Vs Rina Amikura
5. Special Single Match: HARUKAZE Vs Yuu Yamagata
6. Special Single Match: Yuna Manase Vs Yuu Yamagata

The next Ganbare☆Pro show after this now won’t take place until 29th May.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GARAFES ~GREEN FESTIVAL~”, 25/04/2021
Ueno Onshi Park Outdoor Stage

1. Miu Watanabe Vs Moka Miyamoto
2. Miyu Yamashita & Raku Vs Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo

The Tokyo Joshi Pro matches at the Garafes festival will still take place. The organisers are putting together stricter safety measures in response to today’s news.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2021 TOUR IN NAGANO”, 25/04/2021
Nagano City Museum of Art Act Space

1. Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hideki Okatani
2. Chris Brookes & Toui Kojima Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai
3. Tetsuya Endo & Yuji Hino Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yuya Koroku
4. DDT Nagano Sales Manager Toru Owashi (Free) Local Triumph! 20th Anniversary Of Debut “Owashi And His Delightful Friends Part 8” Special 6-Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, Akito & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dieno, Antonio Honda & Yukio Naya
5. The 37KAMIINA Vs DAMNATION!: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao & Mad Paulie
6. Shinshu! Chashu! Minanoshu! Nagano Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Yusuke Okada Vs HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Keigo Nakamura

Last DDT show before Golden Week.

BASARA “BASARA 155 ~EDO SHIJUKU~”, 05/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Daichi Kazato Vs Ryota Nakatsu
2. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs SAGAT & Akiyori Takizawa
3. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Yasu Urano
4. Takumi Tsukamoto, Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura Vs Fuminori Abe, Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino
5. Hiroshi Rumble: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs X

The show is a 10th Anniversary celebration for Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi. The main event is a Royal Rumble where different wrestlers will appear as different gimmicks from Hiroshi’s past. However the show may be cancelled if the venue does not allow the show to go ahead in front of fans. BASARA will not turn it into an empty arena event.


Video – Haruhi/HARUKAZE Vs Takase/Hayashi

April 21, 2021

GANBARE☆PRO “BAD COMMUNICATION 2021”, 07/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
409 Fans

Ganjo Vs Actwres girl’Z Full-Scale Battle: Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE Vs Miyuki Takase & Ayumi Hayashi


3000 Days Of TJPW, Ganjo Jacket Rules, Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament, New Gen Challenges Team Thoroughbred

April 16, 2021

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “STILL INCOMPLETE”, 17/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Marika Kobashi & Sena Shiori Vs Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo
2. Miu Watanabe, Raku & Pom Harajuku Vs Yuna Manase, Mahiro Kiryu & Haruna Neko
3. Miyu Yamashita Vs Hikari Noa
4. 3 Way Tag Match: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki Vs Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao Vs Mirai Maiumi & Suzume
5. International Princess Title: Yuki Kamifuku (c) Vs Nao Kakuta
6. Princess Tag Team Titles: Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino (c) Vs Sakisama & Mei Saint-Michel
7. Princess Of Princess Title: Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Maki Itoh

When the show happens it will be exactly 3,000 days since the first Tokyo Joshi Pro event took place in TwinBox AKIHABARA. Can Maki Itoh become the 7th person to hold the Princess Of Princess Title? Can The Bakuretsu Sisters be the first champion team to stop NEO Biishiki-gun from winning the Princess Tag Team Titles? Can Yuki Kamifuku get past how normal Nao Kakuta is?

The new signing Yuki Arai will be there to introduce herself at the start of the show.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2021 TOUR IN NIIGATA”, 18/04/2021
Niigata Bandaishima Multipurpose Plaza

1. Toru Owashi & Yuki Iino Vs Hideki Okatani & Toui Kojima
2. Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Akito, Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura
3. Gorgeous Matsuno 60th Birthday Commemorative Match: Gorgeous Matsuno, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
4. Tetsuya Endo Vs Yusuke Okada
5. “Celebrity Of Niigata” Super Sasadango Machine Local Triumphant Return!: Super Sasadango Machine, Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao & Mad Paulie
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: HARASHIMA & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi

Jun Akiyama can become a double champion here and deal a big blow to HARASHIMA’s momentum.

GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆JOSHI PRO WRESTLING ~BUTTERFLY DANCE 2021~”, 24/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling Offer Match: Keisuke Ishii & Shu Sakurai Vs Yumehito Imanari & Shota
2. Ganjo Vs Actwres girl’Z: Moeka Haruhi Vs Rina Amikura
3. GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga (c) Vs Chris Brookes, Drew Parker & Miyako Matsumoto
4. Special Single Match: HARUKAZE Vs Yuu Yamagata
5. Special Single Match: Yuna Manase Vs Yuu Yamagata
6. Ganjo Jacket Match: Cherry Vs Shuichiro Katsumura

The rules for the Ganjo Jacket Match have been revealed. Both Cherry and Shuichiro Katsumura will have to wrestle in Jiu Jitsu gear. Due to both the weight and rank differences between them (Cherry is a 49kg blue belt and Katsumura is a 72kg purple belt), Cherry is allowed to win the match by pinfall like a regular pro wrestling match. Katsumura can only win by knockout, submission or referee stoppage.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GARAFES ~GREEN FESTIVAL~”, 25/04/2021
Ueno Onshi Park Outdoor Stage

1. Miu Watanabe Vs Moka Miyamoto
2. Miyu Yamashita & Raku Vs Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo

TJPW will be holding two mat pro wrestling matches at a Garafes music festival. The Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling) will also be holding a concert at the event.

GANBARE☆PRO “RESERVOIR DOGS 2021”, 01/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Shu Sakurai Trial Single Match: Shu Sakurai Vs Shigehiro Irie
2. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1A: Ken Ohka & Cherry Vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi
3. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1B: Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase Vs Shota & Miss Mongol
4. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1C: Kouki Iwasaki & Itsuki Aoki Vs Asuka & Shinichiro Tominaga
5. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1D: Keisuke Ishii & HARUKAZE Vs Miyako Matsumoto & X

The Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament bracket is out. Miyako Matsumoto has been tweeting at every big name wrestling star you can think of inviting them to join her team to no success.

While the tournament is going on, Shu Sakurai is continuing his trial series to gain experience. Shigehiro Irie is his next opponent.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2021”, 04/05/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Yusuke Okada Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
2. KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Naya, Chikara & Nabe Yakan (c) Vs Keigo Nakamura, Hideki Okatani, Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku
3. DDT Extreme Title & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Chris Brookes (E/c) Vs Saki Akai (I/c)
4. DDT UNIVERSAL Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Soma Takao

Keigo Nakamura wants to show everyone how passionate his generation is by taking the KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles. Even though he, Hideki Okatani, Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku have no successful track record as a team in any combination they now have a golden opportunity to end Team Thoroughbred’s reign before it really begins.

GANBARE☆PRO “PULP FICTION 2021”, 08/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Winners Of Match 1A Vs Winners Of Match 1B
2. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Winners Of Match 1C Vs Winners Of Match 1D
3. Shu Sakurai Trial Single Match: Shu Sakurai Vs SAGAT
4. 1st Ganpro Mixed Tag Tournament – Final: X & X Vs X & X

Sakurai also has SAGAT standing in his way down the road.


Akiyama Fired Up, Itoh’s Tokyo Dome Dream, Yamagata Double Booked For Ganjo

April 9, 2021

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’21 ~THE BULLET~”, 10/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Shoko Nakajima Vs Arisu Endo
2. Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino Vs Hyper Misao & Mahiro Kiryu
3. Marika Kobashi & Hikari Noa Vs Pom Harajuku & Haruna Neko
4. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku Vs Mirai Maiumi, Suzume & Moka Miyamoto
5. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Nao Kakuta Vs Yuki Kamifuku, Maki Itoh & Miyu Yamashita

Sena Shiori will be absent from the show due to family circumstances.

DDT “APRIL FOOL 2021”, 11/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Under Match: Hideki Okatani Vs Toui Kojima
1. Yuya Koroku Debut Match: Yusuke Okada Vs Yuya Koroku
2. Chris Brookes, Saki Akai, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Keigo Nakamura
3. Gorgeous Matsuno Pre-60th Birthday Commemorative Match: Gorgeous Matsuno, Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda Vs Tetsuya Endo, Mad Paulie & Nobuhiro Shimatani
4. DAMNATION Vs The 37KAMIINA: Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao & Yuji Hino Vs Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Yuji Okabayashi
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Jun Akiyama (c) Vs Danshoku Dieno

Jun Akiyama is expecting Danshoku Dieno to be the fan favourite this Sunday. He welcomes that and is encouraging the DDT fans to support him. Why? Because it will fire up Akiyama even more!

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “STILL INCOMPLETE”, 17/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Marika Kobashi & Sena Shiori Vs Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo
2. Miu Watanabe, Raku & Pom Harajuku Vs Yuna Manase, Mahiro Kiryu & Haruna Neko
3. Miyu Yamashita Vs Hikari Noa
4. 3 Way Tag Match: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki Vs Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao Vs Mirai Maiumi & Suzume
5. International Princess Title: Yuki Kamifuku (c) Vs Nao Kakuta
6. Princess Tag Team Titles: Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino (c) Vs Sakisama & Mei Saint-Michel
7. Princess Of Princess Title: Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Maki Itoh

Now that Maki Itoh has achieved her dream of going to AEW she thinks it is time for her to give back to everyone who made her who she is today. There is no bigger gift for her to give than to win the Princess Of Princess Title and bring Tokyo Joshi Pro all the way over to a sold out Tokyo Dome! The difference in popularity between her and Rika Tatsumi hasn’t gone unnoticed by the champion. She admits Itoh has become a major player while she is still on the indies level. But what’s strong is strong no matter what level you are at. Tatsumi crawled her way up to become the Princess Champion and she isn’t giving it away on her second defence.

Sakisama continues to act like The Bakuretsu Sisters are below her despite them being the current Princess Tag Team Champions. She thinks they shouldn’t be walking around with the belts because NEO Biishiki-gun won the Max Heart Tournament and that determines who is the strongest team in TJPW. Mei Saint-Michel is looking forward to decorating her room with the pink title belts. The Sisters said they are taking a piece from all of their previous title match opponents to stay as champions no matter what. They’ve also taken Sakisama’s “Korakuen Pork” insults and turned it into actual “Champion Pork” to sell inside Korakuen Hall during the show.

There is a lot of talk between Yuki Kamifuku and Nao Kakuta over the differences between standing out and being normal. Kamifuku wants to stand out as the International Princess Champion so she can draw in people who aren’t wrestling fans to TJPW. Kakuta believes the value of the IP Title changes depending on the person who claims it. It is valuable because of what Kamifuku has done as champion so far but Kakuta thinks she can become a wonderful champion too with how she is now.

GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆JOSHI PRO WRESTLING ~BUTTERFLY DANCE 2021~”, 24/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Ganjo Jacket Match: Cherry Vs Shuichiro Katsumura
2. Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling Offer Match: Keisuke Ishii & Shu Sakurai Vs Yumehito Imanari & Shota
3. GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga (c) Vs Chris Brookes, Drew Parker & Miyako Matsumoto
4. Ganjo Vs Actwres girl’Z: Moeka Haruhi Vs Rina Amikura
5. Special Single Match: HARUKAZE Vs Yuu Yamagata
6. Special Single Match: Yuna Manase Vs Yuu Yamagata

The original plan for Yuu Yamagata coming in to the show was just to wrestle HARUKAZE in a singles match. Those two haven’t wrestled each other since 2012. Unfortunately Yamagata has no memory of who HARUKAZE is and doesn’t want to wrestle her. Yuna Manase is the person who put this card together and she appealed to Yamagata to do the match. That caused Yamagata to then challenge Manase to a match on the show instead! After an argument between the three parties it was decided that Yamagata will wrestle twice on the show. Once against HARUKAZE and once against Manase.

Manase was able to make the Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga match against Gake no Fuchi Joshi for the GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles.

GANBARE☆PRO “RESERVOIR DOGS 2021”, 01/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
2. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
3. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
4. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X

The full list of entries are Ken Ohka & Cherry, Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase, Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi, Keisuke Ishii & HARUKAZE, Shota & Miss Mongol, Shinichiro Tominaga & Asuka, Kouki Iwasaki & Itsuki Aoki and Miyako Matsumoto with a partner to be announced. Matsumoto is currently campaigning on Twitter to get John Cena to team with her.

BAKUHA KOSHIEN “BAKUHA KOSHIEN 2021 SPRING”, 02/05/2021
Kanagawa Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market

1. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
2. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
3. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Final – Current Blast Death Match: X & X Vs X & X

Atsushi Onita & Yumehito Imanari are the third team officially entering the tag tournament. Onita is demanding that Kuro-chan & Super Sasadango Machine be the final team so he can get revenge for losing to them last December.


GANBARE☆PRO “BAD COMMUNICATION 2021” Results

April 7, 2021

GANBARE☆PRO “BAD COMMUNICATION 2021”, 07/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
409 Fans

1. THE HALFEE Vs Fujita Wrestling School Full-Scale Battle: Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano defeated Shuichiro Katsumura & Shu Sakurai when Urano pinned Sakurai with the Modified GENTARO Clutch (12:57).
2. Ganjo Vs Actwres girl’Z Full-Scale Battle: Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE defeated Miyuki Takase & Ayumi Hayashi when HARUKAZE submitted Hayashi with the Haru Ichiban (12:51).
3. GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie, Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase when Tominaga pinned Imanari with the Moonsault Press (13:02).
*V1 for Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga.
4. Ganpro Vs DDT Full Scale Battle: Keisuke Ishii & Shota defeated Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno when Ishii pinned Katsumata with the Kneel Kick (11:40).
5. The Young General Of Ganpro: Kouki Iwasaki defeated Ikuto Hidaka with the Vertical Drop Reverse DDT (15:29).
6. Daihyo Vs Daihyo ~ Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match: Takashi Sasaki defeated Ken Ohka with a Right Knee through lighttubes (18:48).

Way back when Ken Ohka was a high school student, he was part of the school’s baseball team. In his senior year his coach asked him if he knew what to tell the pitcher whenever they were in a pinch. The answer is “Ganbare! (Go for it!)” Those words stayed with Ohka ever since which is how Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling got its name. He was alone when he started Ganpro but gained many friends, enough that today’s show consisted entirely of matches where Ganpro took on other promotions.

The finale highlight this with Ohka taking on the FREEDOMS head honcho Takashi Sasaki in a Lighttube Death Match. Sasaki had Tomoya Hirata & Dragon Libre in his corner. Ohka purposely wore clothing similar to what he wore on the first Ganpro show eight years ago. Glass was smashed as the two fought. Ohka hit the Flame Spear but only got a two count. He went for another one with lighttubes in his arms but Sasaki smashed the glass with a Middle Kick. Ohka kicked out of a Superplex onto a pile of chairs then kicked out again after Sasaki smashed lighttubes into him with a Buzzsaw Kick. Sasaki finally put Ohka away with a Kamigoye style Right Knee through more lighttubes.

After the match Sasaki explained his history with Ohka to the fans in attendance. When Ohka first came to DDT he was a bad trainee who couldn’t do anything. According to Sasaki, he had to teach Ohka how to wrestle from scratch. This year when Ohka challenged him to a match, he was surprised. For years Sasaki thought Ohka saw him as some scary teacher that he didn’t want to remember. Now that they’ve spilled each other’s blood in a death match, it doesn’t matter if they are master and disciple. They should work hard together from now on. Sasaki told Ohka he has so many friends who support him so he should be grateful for them every day and do his best to repay them. And if Ganpro ever has any problems, Ohka is always welcome to ask Sasaki for help. Ohka said he definitely wanted to beat Sasaki today but his life will continue even though he lost. Ohka will turn 43 years old tomorrow and he will have another child later this year. That’s why he can’t stop Ganpro where it is now. He promises to make Ganpro bigger and one day defeat Takashi Sasaki! Ohka and Sasaki celebrated to “Bad Communication” to close out the show.

Kouki Iwasaki has stopped Ikuto Hidaka! It was a fight Iwasaki originally started so it was up to him to stop it in the rematch. The two almost fought to a double knockout but made it back to their feets for a final faceoff. Hidaka hit the Stray Dog High Kick but Iwasaki kept standing to give him a Back Drop. That momentum switch allowed Iwasaki to finally give Hidaka his first loss in Ganpro with the Vertical Drop Reverse DDT finishing him off. Iwasaki said he was feeling a bit silly because he took way more kicks to the head in the match than he wanted. He wanted to be nice to Hidaka though so he told him “Age is just a number!” He thanked Hidaka for becoming an important part in his pro wrestling life. Hidaka told Iwasaki he doesn’t trust anyone who acts like a good boy when they win. He won today so he should be proud of himself.

Ganpro got a win over DDT when Keisuke Ishii & Shota beat The 37KAMIINA pair of Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno. Katsumata hid a firecracker and pulled it in Ishii’s mouth but it didn’t do much damage. Ishii blocked the ¡Hasta La Vista! and hit the Tiger Suplex then put him away with the Kneel Kick.

The first GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles defence for the new champions was a successful one. Their challengers went full steam ahead with the pWo presentation. It all went wrong though when Yumehito Imanari was struck with a Double Super Kick from Asuka & Hagane Shinno. The duo then got rid of Shigehiro Irie with a Double Spin Kick before Yuna Manase wiped them out with a Double Lariat. But with the ring cleared, Shinichiro Tominaga took his chance and pinned Imanari with the Moonsault. Backstage Tominaga said relationships are built over time but he wants his trio to become a happy unit together so they can achieve more defences. Asuka & Shinno are looking forward to that. They were all born and raised differently but they will die together! Meanwhile Irie asked Imanari what would Shinjiro Otani say to them right now? According to Imanari, Otani would say “Even if people call you chubby, love your body and keep passing that energy on to others!” Manase said she wants to win a championship with Imanari & Irie so they promised her they will get another chance some day. “pWo for life!”

Ganbare☆Joshi had a good day at the office with a win over an Actwres girl’Z team. HARUKAZE wrestled in new black and white gear that looks a lot like Tifa’s outfit from Final Fantasy VII. She also got the submission win, making Ayumi Hayashi tap out while Moeka Haruhi kept Miyuki Takase at bay.

The show began with Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano announcing they are hijacking Ganpro on behalf of the Fujita Pro Wrestling School! They proved their bad intentions by attacking THE HALFEE during their musical performance. On thing they didn’t anticipate was THE HALFEE using their numbers advantage because Moeka Haruhi briefly joined in to help her partners out. Shuichiro Katsumura tied up his opponents before tagging in Shu Sakurai to finish the job. It all went pear shaped when Fujita held onto Urano’s leg to stop him from being thrown around. Urano then stole the three count by using a European Side Headlock to roll Sakurai onto his shoulders to be pinned.


Ganpro At Korakuen Tomorrow, Kodaka Defends BJW Jr. Title, Team Thoroughbred Enters Bakuha Koshien Tournament

April 6, 2021

GANBARE☆PRO “BAD COMMUNICATION 2021”, 07/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. THE HALFEE Vs Fujita Wrestling School Full-Scale Battle: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shu Sakurai Vs Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano
2. Ganjo Vs Actwres girl’Z Full-Scale Battle: Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE Vs Miyuki Takase & Ayumi Hayashi
3. GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie, Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase
4. Ganpro Vs DDT Full Scale Battle: Keisuke Ishii & Shota Vs Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno
5. The Young General Of Ganpro: Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ikuto Hidaka
6. Daihyo Vs Daihyo ~ Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match: Ken Ohka Vs Takashi Sasaki

The winner of tomorrow’s main event will receive a victory award from the show sponsor Grace Group.

BASARA “BASARA 154 ~SHAKUJII RIVER~”, 10/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Daiki Shimomura Vs Tsutomu Oosugi
2. Daichi Kazato Vs Banana Senga
3. Ryota Nakatsu, SAGAT & Akiyori Takizawa Vs FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
4. Takumi Tsukamoto & Fuminori Abe Vs Masato Kamino & Yasu Urano
5. BJW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Takato Nakano

Isami Kodaka gets his wish to defend the BJW Jr. Heavyweight Title on a BASARA show. Takato Nakano gets to challenge him.

BAKUHA KOSHIEN “BAKUHA KOSHIEN 2021 SPRING”, 02/05/2021
Kanagawa Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market

1. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
2. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
3. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Final – Current Blast Death Match: X & X Vs X & X

The team of Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya joins Shunma Katsumata & MAO in the Spring Tag Tournament. They are looking to continue Team Thoroughbred’s current run of success.


Takeshita Gone In April, Akiyama Vs Dieno, That’s J-PW, Normal Of Normal Princess

March 29, 2021

DDT “PEANUTS ARE ALSO A GOOD SOURCE OF PROTEIN! 2021”, 03/04/2021
Chiba 2AW Square

1. Akito & Toui Kojima Vs Yusuke Okada & Yukio Naya
2. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai Vs Antonio Honda, MAO & Keigo Nakamura
3. Playfulness Series Act 2: Danshoku Dieno Vs Hideki Okatani
4. Eruption Vs DAMNATION!: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Soma Takao & Mad Paulie
5. Junretsu Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata
6. Uchibo, Sotobo, Dai Boso! Chiba Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Yuji Hino Vs HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Yuki Iino

Konosuke Takeshita made a request to take April off from DDT. He isn’t sick or injured. Instead he wants to take a chance to evolve into something stronger and needs to be away for a month to do it. Sounds kind of familiar, doesn’t it? If it means what I think it means then I couldn’t be happier for the guy. Anyway he returns to DDT on 4th May.

BOYZ “BOYZ BE AMBITIOUS! 2021”, 04/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall 2nd Floor

1. Oishi & Okatani Produce Match: Makoto Oishi & Hideki Okatani Vs Yuki Ueno & Kazuki Hirata
2. Tetsuya Endo & Soma Takao Vs Chris Brookes & Jun Masaoka
3. Keisuke Ishii Vs MAO
4. Akito Vs Shota
5. BOYZ Army Vs YaroZ Army Full Scale Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima Vs Antonio Honda, Yuki Iino & Keigo Nakamura

An email sent from the address new.damnation.japan.com@gmail.com was sent to the DDT office asking for an opportunity to be recruited for DAMNATION. The mystery person asked for Tetsuya Endo & Soma Takao Vs Chris Brookes & Jun Masaoka to take place on the BOYZ show. Oh, and the email is signed under Jun Masaoka’s name. The email was forwarded to BOYZ producer Akito and after some consideration he agreed to put the match together.

YAROZ “YAROZ PART 9 ~THE SAME DAY AND SAME VENUE DECISIVE BATTLE WITH THE FATEFUL BOYZ! NEVER LOSE TO THOSE WHO ARE POPULAR! RAISE UP THE YAROS! SHOW OFF A MAN’S STORY OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS!~”, 04/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall 1st Floor

DDT’s newest signing Yusuke Okada really wants to be part of the BOYZ brand. Unfortunately everyone else thinks he is more suited to YaroZ whether he likes it or not. So for the BOYZ Vs YaroZ double booking, Okada will be wrestling on the YaroZ show.

DDT “APRIL FOOL 2021”, 11/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Under Match: Hideki Okatani Vs Toui Kojima
1. Chris Brookes, Saki Akai, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Keigo Nakamura
2. DAMNATION Vs The 37KAMIINA: Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao & Yuji Hino Vs Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
3. Yuya Koroku Debut Match: Yusuke Okada Vs Yuya Koroku
4. Gorgeous Matsuno Pre-60th Birthday Commemorative Match: Gorgeous Matsuno, Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda Vs Tetsuya Endo, Mad Paulie & Nobuhiro Shimatani
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Yuji Okabayashi
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Jun Akiyama (c) Vs Danshoku Dieno

There have been two wrestlers who have either stood up to Jun Akiyama or criticized his role in DDT. Akiyama just dispatched of Kazusada Higuchi so he now has to take care of Danshoku Dieno. Dieno accepted that Akiyama became part of DDT’s history when he signed a contract but the temptation of becoming KO-D Openweight Champion one more time means he cannot stay quiet anymore! If Akiyama hasn’t experienced full blown DDT before, he will now.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THAT’S J-PW”, 12/04/2021
WRESTLE UNIVERSE

Tokyo Joshi Pro is launching a new series of English shows for WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Every week on Monday and Thursday mornings in Japan “THAT’S J-PW” will host an exclusive TJPW match filmed without an audience and a Q&A session, all presented in English. Chris Brookes & Baliyan Akki will provide commentary and the episodes will last around 15 minutes each. Tetsuya Koda explained the name has a double meaning. The J in “THAT’S J-PW” stands for both Japan and Joshi.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2021 TOUR IN ASAKUSA”, 15/04/2021
Tokyo Hanayashiki Asakusa Flower Theater

1. Makoto Oishi Vs Toui Kojima
2. Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Yuya Koroku
3. Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
4. Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao & Yuji Hino Vs HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya
5. Danshoku Dieno & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Akito & Keigo Nakamura
6. Asakusa Specialty! Hana Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Hideki Okatani & Yusuke Okada Vs Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO

While Takeshita is away, the rest of The 37KAMIINA will keep the waters warm without him.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “STILL INCOMPLETE”, 17/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. International Princess Title: Yuki Kamifuku (c) Vs Nao Kakuta
2. Princess Tag Team Titles: Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino (c) Vs Sakisama & Mei Saint-Michel
3. Princess Of Princess Title: Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Maki Itoh

A criticism that has been aimed towards Nao Kakuta since she started wrestling for TJPW is that she is too normal to stand out. Even her challenge to Yuki Kamifuku for the International Princess Title was considered plain or even a bit boring according to the champion. Kakuta thinks it is fine to be normal. She can be called the Normal Of Normal Princess as far as she is concerned. Her other nickname is “Rat Chaser” (she used to have a catgirl gimmick) and she found her rat in the form of Kamifuku. All she has to do now is catch her! Kakuta also said that she has no senpai or kohai figures in TJPW because she came from somewhere else so she feels comfortable enough to stretch out and use her own fighting styles that she likes.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2021 TOUR IN NIIGATA”, 18/04/2021
Niigata Bandaishima Multipurpose Plaza

1. Toru Owashi & Yuki Iino Vs Makoto Oishi & Toui Kojima
2. Tetsuya Endo Vs Yusuke Okada
3. Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Shunma Katsumata
4. Jun Akiyama & Hideki Okatani Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Yukio Naya
5. Gorgeous Matsuno 60th Birthday Commemorative Match: Gorgeous Matsuno, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
6. “Celebrity Of Niigata” Super Sasadango Machine Local Triumphant Return!: Super Sasadango Machine, Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao & Mad Paulie

The spotlight shines on Super Sasadango Machine and Gorgeous Matsuno in Niigata.

Whether he wins the KO-D Tag Team Titles or not, Yuji Okabayashi will at least be around for another DDT show in April. In a match against Akiyama too.

Match #2. That is all.

GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆JOSHI PRO WRESTLING ~BUTTERFLY DANCE 2021~”, 24/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Ganjo Vs Gake no Fuchi Joshi Full Scale Battle: Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Chris Brookes, Drew Parker & Miyako Matsumoto
2. Ganjo Jacket Match: Cherry Vs Shuichiro Katsumura

The defence squad has been put together for the Gake no Fuchi Joshi invasion. If Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga still have the GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles then it would make for an exciting title defence too.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2021 TOUR IN NAGANO”, 25/04/2021
Nagano City Museum of Art Act Space

1. Hideki Okatani Vs Yuya Koroku
2. The 37KAMIINA Vs DAMNATION!: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao & Mad Paulie
3. DDT Nagano Sales Manager Toru Owashi (Free) Local Triumph! 20th Anniversary Of Debut “Owashi And His Delightful Friends Part 8” Special 6-Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, Akito & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dieno, Antonio Honda & Yukio Naya

The rookie Yuya Koroku gets to face off with one of his senior classmates in Hideki Okatani.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2021”, 04/05/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. DDT UNIVERSAL Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs X

Defence number 5 on the schedule for Yuki Ueno. Who will step up to challenge him this time?


Jackets Are So In Right Now, Brookes Produce Show 3, Pocchari World Order

March 23, 2021

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’21 ~THE BULLET~”, 27/03/2021
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Sakisama (w/ Mei Saint-Michel) Vs Moka Miyamoto
2. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Hyper Misao Vs Mahiro Kiryu, Mirai Maiumi & Suzume
3. Yuki Kamifuku, Marika Kobashi & Arisu Endo Vs Shoko Nakajima, Nao Kakuta & Haruna Neko
4. Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino Vs Hikari Noa & Sena Shiori
5. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku Vs Maki Itoh, Miyu Yamashita & Raku

Maki Itoh’s first match back in Japan is this weekend. She also has her Twitter account rescued from the hacker and reactivated. Let’s see just how much stronger her trip to America made her.

BASARA “FUMINORI ABE PRODUCE PERFORMANCE”, 28/03/2021
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Takato Nakano Vs Masato Kamino
2. Daiki Shimomura Vs Minoru Fujita
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs SAGAT
4. Fuminori Abe, Takumi Tsukamoto & X Vs FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & Daichi Kazato
5. Jacket Battle Royal: X Vs X

The entire show has been put together by Fuminori Abe. Some of his ideas is pitting stablemates against each other. The Jacket Battle Royal is only open to regular roster members so whoever X is in Match #4 won’t be involved in the main event.

BASARA “BASARA 153 ~THE 10TH FOX PRINCE~”, 28/03/2021
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Yusuke Kubo Vs Daichi Kazato
2. FUMA Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
3. Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT Vs Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita
4. Jacket Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Fuminori Abe
5. Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano Vs Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino

Isami Kodaka gets to dip his toe in the Jacket Rules trend that has taken BASARA by storm.

DDT “PEANUTS ARE ALSO A GOOD SOURCE OF PROTEIN! 2021”, 03/04/2021
Chiba 2AW Square

1. Playfulness Series Act 2: Danshoku Dieno Vs Hideki Okatani
2. Eruption Vs DAMNATION!: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Soma Takao & Mad Paulie
3. Junretsu Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata
4. Uchibo, Sotobo, Dai Boso! Chiba Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Yuji Hino Vs HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Yuki Iino

If Jun Akiyama makes it out of the 24th Anniversary show then we will see the KO-D Openweight Champion face off against the DDT UNIVERSAL Champion in tag action.

DDT “CHRIS BROOKES PRODUCE SHOW 3 – DANGER & PLEASURE TOUR ’96”, 04/04/2021
Saitama Wrestle Butokan

1. MEN’S Teioh, Hagane Shinno & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuki Ueno, MAO & Keigo Nakamura
2. HARASHIMA Vs Baliyan Akki
3. DDT Extreme Title – No DQ Falls Count Anywhere Match: Chris Brookes (c) Vs Mecha Mummy

A statement from Mecha Mummy was sent to the CyberFight offices after Chris Brookes picked the robot to defend the DDT Extreme Title against on his own produce show. The message said “GrRR… i AcCEPt tHE ChaLLEnGE fROm bROOkes. I wILL TAkE thE eXTreME tITle fRoM HIm AnD TUrN hIM iNto mEChA bRoOKeS!” With the challenge accepted, Brookes decided to make the title match Falls Count Anywhere!

Brookes is getting the nostalgia in with a MEN’S Club reunion.

BOYZ “BOYZ BE AMBITIOUS! 2021”, 04/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall 2nd Floor

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs MAO
2. Akito Vs Shota
3. BOYZ Army Vs YaroZ Army Full Scale Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima Vs Antonio Honda, Yuki Iino & Keigo Nakamura

The 4th April is going to be a very busy day. BOYZ and YaroZ have competing shows going on at the same time in Itabashi Green Hall. The BOYZ show has a inter-brand main event but will YaroZ do the same? Tokyo Joshi Pro is also doing a female audience only show in the same venue that day. Then away from all that there is the Chris Brookes produce show and a BASARA event too. Busy, busy, busy.

Jun Masaoka will also be on the show.

GANBARE☆PRO “BAD COMMUNICATION 2021”, 07/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Ganjo Vs Actwres girl’Z Full-Scale Battle: Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE Vs Miyuki Takase & Ayumi Hayashi
2. THE HALFEE Vs Fujita Wrestling School Full-Scale Battle: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shu Sakurai Vs Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano
3. GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie, Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase
4. Ganpro Vs DDT Full Scale Battle: Keisuke Ishii & Shota Vs Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno
5. The Young General Of Ganpro: Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ikuto Hidaka
6. Daihyo Vs Daihyo ~ Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match: Ken Ohka Vs Takashi Sasaki

STOP THE Hidaka could be finally happening. Kouki Iwasaki failed to beat Ikuto Hidaka last November but he gets a rematch after winning a tag match against him.

The Pocchari World Order has found it’s “Hollywood” figure (Yuna Manase already took “Big Sexy” and Yumehito Imanari is “The Outsider”). Shigehiro Irie has been convinced to join the team and go after the GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles!

GANBARE☆PRO “RESERVOIR DOGS 2021”, 01/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
2. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
3. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
4. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X

GANBARE☆PRO “PULP FICTION 2021”, 08/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Mixed Tag Tournament – Semi Final: X & X Vs X & X
2. Mixed Tag Tournament – Semi Final: X & X Vs X & X
3. Mixed Tag Tournament – Final: X & X Vs X & X

Ken Ohka & Cherry
Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase
Shinichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi
Keisuke Ishii & HARUKAZE
Shota & Miss Mongol
Shinichiro Tominaga & Asuka
X & X
X & X

Six of the eight teams have been announced for Ganbare☆Pro’s Mixed Tag Tournament. The tournament hasn’t been given an official name yet so it may just be a one time thing.


GANBARE☆PRO “RUMBLEFISH 2021” Results

March 21, 2021

GANBARE☆PRO “RUMBLEFISH 2021”, 21/03/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall
108 Fans

1. THE HALFEE Vs Team MAKAI: Asuka & Hagane Shinno defeated Shuichiro Katsumura & Shu Sakurai when Asuka pinned Sakurai with the ASKA FANTASY (10:35).
2. Spring HARU Vs Manase Wasshoi: Yuna Manase & Ayumi Hayashi defeated Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE when Manase pinned HARUKAZE with the Suzuki Dynamic (7:58).
3. Shota’s Independent Journey Vol. 2: Onryo defeated Shota with the Onryo Clutch (9:50).
4. STOP THE Hidaka! Special Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Ikuto Hidaka & Yasu Urano when Iwasaki pinned Urano with the Vertical Drop Reverse DDT (17:26).
5. Special 6-Man Tag Just Before Korakuen: Ken Ohka, Yumehito Imanari & Shunma Katsumata defeated Takashi Sasaki, Shigehiro Irie & SAGAT when Ohka pinned SAGAT with the Flame Spear (17:46).

It’s just over two weeks away until Ganbare☆Pro returns to Korakuen Hall. Today’s go home show saw Ken Ohka run wild with help from Yumehito Imanari & Shunma Katsumata. Ohka went toe to toe with Takashi Sasaki then his team worked over on SAGAT. He took out Sasaki with the Flame Spear then hit the same move on SAGAT until he got the win. Ohka told Sasaki that this isn’t over because he wasn’t able to directly beat him today. His desire to beat Sasaki in a Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match has grown stronger! Sasaki said Ohka has a history of running away while he is hungry to go full force in the Lighttube Death Match. It’s not enough for Ohka to just be at Korakuen Hall, he must get the courage to meet Sasaki face to face!

Imanari said his target for the match was Shigehiro Irie because he hasn’t forgotten the match they had in Korakuen last October. Imanari wants to win Irie’s respect so he asked him to team with Pocchari World Order and challenge for the GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles! Irie admitted he likes pocchari women so he’s happy to team with “The Outsider” Yumehito Imanari and “Big Sexy” Yuna Manase! This now makes him “Hollywood” Shigehiro Irie of the pWo!

At last something from Ganpro has slowed down Ikuto Hidaka’s momentum. Kouki Iwasaki pulled off the hot tag from Keisuke Ishii and rid of Hidaka with the Capture Suplex. He then pinned Yasu Urano with the Vertical Drop Reverse DDT to win the match. He wasn’t convinced Hidaka was fighting at full effort though. The two agreed to have a singles match against each other at the 7th April Korakuen show. Iwasaki called Hidaka the finest prey to hunt.

If you’ve seen Onryo before then you will be familiar with the bag of tricks he used against Shota. The “ectoplasm “powder shaking off his body got in Shota’s way. Onryo also grabbed the referee’s hand to prevent a three count pin after Shota hit the Frog Splash. Shota later grabbed Onryo’s fist, thinking he was holding powder to throw at him. Onryo opened his hands to show nothing was in it, then shook the ectoplasm out of his hair again to blind Shota and pin him with the Onryo Clutch.

A mixed tag team tournament will be held on the 1st and 8th of May.