1. Tyson Maeguchi defeated Shota Kawakami with a High Kick (6:58).
2. PSYCHO & Moeka Haruhi defeated Black Menso-re & HARUKAZE when Haruhi submitted HARUKAZE with the 79.5MHz 2.0 (12:28).
3. Yuna Manase & Nanami defeated YuuRI & Soy when Manase pinned Soy with the Lariat (10:17).
4. Yuya Susumu defeated Munetatsu Nakamura with the Front Crash (11:27).
5. Kouki Iwasaki 10th Anniversary Match: Kouki Iwasaki, Shuichiro Katsumura & Keisuke Ishii defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Yumehito Imanari & Rekka when Iwasaki pinned Rekka with the Back Drop Hold (18:57).
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) defeated Ken Ohka & Shuji Ishikawa when Watase pinned Ohka with a Headbutt (20:47). *V3 for Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase.
7. Emergency Decision ~ Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title Next Challenger Decision Match: Yumehito Imanari defeated Shuichiro Katsumura with the Lou Thesz Press (8:04).
At the end of the show Keisuke Ishii was given the microphone to give out a closing speech. Yumehito Imanari interrupted him and challenged Ishii for the Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title on 27th December. Shuichiro Katsumura then got involved because he wants to be the next contender instead of Imanari. Michiyoshi Mishima was put on the spot to make a decision and after listening to the calls from fans as well as all the wrestlers he booked an impromptu No. 1 Contender match to take place immediately!
Imanari dodged a Moonsault from Katsumura and pinned him with the Lou Thesz Press to win the match and get the next title shot. He thanked Katsumura after the match for his behind the scenes work with Ganbare☆Pro especially when he is surrounded by people like himself who make unreasonable demands. He loves Ishii but has been beaten down by him so many times. In order to prove everything he has built in GanPro he needs to beat Ishii and take the title from him! He also identified Ishii’s father in the audience. Ishii’s father is a fan of Imanari and always cheers for him. So even though they get along, Imanari warns him that he will win the championship from his son!
Ken Ohka missed another chance to get a big championship win in his own company. He came close to pinning Mizuki Watase with the Flame Spear but Watase kicked out at the 2.99 count. He also ended up getting injured by dislocating his elbow during the match. Then when Shuji Ishikawa was busy fighting Shigehiro Irie outside the ring, Watase took over and pinned Ohka after a big Headbutt. Watase said afterward that Ohka cannot shine without having Danshoku Dieno & Muscle Sakai there to back him up. He wants Ohka to continue leading GanPro but he also wishes Ohka would have more trust in the rest of the GanPro family. Meanwhile Irie is worried he won’t be defending the Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles again for the rest of the year because nobody came out to challenge them. Watase wants to spread the word out that they will defend the titles against anybody no matter what kind of wrestling they represent.
Kouki Iwasaki received more than just a bouquet for his 10th Anniversary Match. Katsumura also gave him a gift of diapers to celebrate the recent birth of Iwasaki’s second child. Iwasaki thanked everyone involved in the match as well as GanPro’s fans and management. He’s going to work harder than ever for his family and will look forward to his 15th and 20th anniversaries. He also said backstage that simply wrestling in GanPro is meaningless so if he comes back here next year he wants to fight for the Spirit Of Ganbare Title.
The FREEDOMS rivalry between F-SWAG and Munetatsu Nakamura led to Yuya Susumu coming over today for a match with Nakamura. The reigning King Of FREEDOM World Junior Heavyweight Champion won the match and flaunted his belt in front of Katsumura afterwards. He also tried to shake Nakamura’s hand after the match but was rejected. Nakamura has made it his goal to win that title from Susumu whether it happens in GanPro or in FREEDOMS.
BASARA “BASARA 262 ~OJI NI KITSUNE ’24~”, 17/11/2024 Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR
1. FUMA Vs Takeru Inoue
2. Ryuichi Sekine Vs Masahiro Takanashi
3. Isami Kodaka Vs KUBITO
4. 4 Way Match: Daichi Kazato Vs Daiki Shimomura Vs Yasu Urano Vs Judo Master
5. Takumi Tsukamoto, Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT Vs Takato Nakano, Masato Kamino & Lil’ Kraken
I needed that few days of rest after the end of last weekend. Might need it again with the same amount of shows coming up this weekend.
DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT”, 24/11/2024 Fukushima Toyota Crown Arena (Fukushima National Athletic Meet Memorial Gymnasium) Sub-Arena
1. Akito Vs Keigo Nakamura
2. Tetsuya Endo & Makoto Oishi Vs Takeshi Masada & To-y
3. KANON, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku
4. Special Tag Match: Shunma Katsumata & Moeka Haruhi Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
5. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Antonio Honda
6. SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Demus
7. Fukushima Specialty 6-Man Tag Match: Gorgeous Matsuno, Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA Vs Yuki Ueno, MAO & Kazuma Sumi
Two reliable DDT wrestlers are being pitted against each other when Danshoku Dieno faces Antonio Honda.
DNA “DNA 10TH ANNIVERSARY”, 28/11/2024 Shinjuku FACE
1. Yuni Vs Munetatsu Nakamura
2. Rekka & Diego Vs Akira Jo & Yuki Ishida
3. Kota Umeda, Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Keigo Nakamura, To-y & Yuya Koroku
4. Banana Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Daiki Shimomura & Check Shimatani
5. MAO & Mizuki Watase Vs Yuki Iino & Masato Kamino
6. Shunma Katsumata Vs Yuki Ueno
More names from DNA’s past are coming to the reunion. Mizuki Watase, Masato Kamino, Rekka, Diego and Akira Jo have all been added to the card. Also some space has been saved for the DDTeeeen!! generation with Yuni and Munetatsu Nakamura being put in the opening match.
DDT “ULTIMATE PARTY 2024”, 28/12/2024 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. O-MENZ Kumadori Debut Match: Kumadori Vs X
2. Haruto Sakuraba Debut Match: Haruto Sakuraba Vs X
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Chris Brookes Vs Daisuke Sasaki
Coming over from New Japan for the show is Great-O-Khan! He must have jumped on the phone to DDT the second he found out they helped FuwaMoco produce the 3D Vtuber wrestling match back in the summer.
1. 4 Way Match: Sayaka Vs MAO Vs Keiko Nakamura Vs Hondako Antonio
2. HARASHIMA Vs Munetatsu Nakamura
3. Ms. Kaichow, Mr. Bueno & Mr. Malo Vs Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Chie Koishikawa
1. 4 Way Match: MAO defeated Sayaka, Keiko Nakamura and Hondako Antonio when MAO pinned Nakamura with a Rainmaker (?:??).
2. HARASHIMA defeated Munetatsu Nakamura with the Somato (?:??).
3. Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Chie Koishikawa defeated Ms. Kaichow, Mr. Bueno & Mr. Malo when Brookes & Takanashi pinned Bueno with the HOD (?:??).
Halloween needed a sequel before it even happens so Baka Gaijin + Friends went to work. ChieDK all showed up to the main event in monstrous forms. Chie Koishikawa was now walking the earth as a zombie, Masahiro Takanashi entered the room as a vampire and Chris Brookes was reduced to being a sad clown. Things were a little different for their opponents. Mr. Bueno & Mr. Malo were their usual selves while Ram Kaichow was now wrestling in her own lucha mask under the name Ms. Kaichow (although Brookes quickly unmasked her). At a time when the masked wrestlers needed to be a united team against the forces of darkness, Bueno & Malo soon started to argue because Bueno wanted to fight fair while Malo wasn’t afraid to fight dirty. Things went south when Bueno stopped Malo from using a beer bottle as a weapon. Malo then decided to break the bottle over Bueno’s head! He walked off to let CDK beat Bueno and then returned to drop a pumpkin on top of Bueno’s prone body.
The rest of the card was not announced before the show so fans were surprised to see HARASHIMA show up wearing a pumpkin costume. He also wore plain wrestling trunks he had to borrow from someone else because he forgot to bring his regular wrestling gear. But when it came to his match against Munetatsu Nakamura, HARASHIMA kept it simple and outgrappled his opponent to win.
The opening bout was a 4 Way Match with every wrestler involved competing in a school girl sailor outfit. MAO and Sayaka were in the match as themselves in the costume but Keigo Nakamura and Antonio Honda went full on roleplaying as school girls. MAO ended up taking off his costume to reveal he was wearing a tight gym top and speedo underneath before pinning Nakamura with the Rainmaker.
A costume contest was hosted by Takayuki Ueki during the show. Ueki recently dislocated his shoulder so his costume was Zangief from Street Fighter II after he loses a fight. The winner came dressed a Chris Brookes and was even brought back for the main event to briefly swap places with the real Chris Brookes.
Baka Gaijin will be holding their 2nd Anniversary show on 10th December.
DDT “DDT PRO WRESTLING IN IKEBUKURO FULL MOON FESTIVAL 2024”, 19/10/2024 Tokyo Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park Outdoor Theater 2,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino defeated Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata (c) when Iino submitted Hirata with the Argentine Backbreaker (11:34). *Yuki Iino becomes the 1,680th champion.
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Kazuki Hirata defeated Yuki Iino (c) with a School Boy (15:28). *Kazuki Hirata becomes the 1,681st champion.
2. Special Tag Match: Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko defeated Akito & Pokotan when Dieno pinned Pokotan with the Danshoku Driver (9:00).
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul defeated HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Gota Ihashi when Sasaki submitted Ihashi with the Crossface Lock (11:37).
4. Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata defeated Jun Akiyama, Yukio Naya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Ueno pinned Matsunaga with the Our MADMAX (12:16).
5. KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Titles: Keigo Nakamura, To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi defeated Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi, Munetatsu Nakamura, Takeshi Masada & Mecha Mummy (c) when Nakamura pinned Mummy with a Modified Crucific Pin (18:12). *SCHADENFREUDE International fail in V4. Keigo Nakamura, To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi becomes the 10th KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions!
There’s a changing of the guard going on because DDT’s new generation are the new KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions! The numbers were against them because SCHADENFREUDE International brought along Mr. Bueno from Baka Gaijin + Friends to get involved in the match as their secret weapon. Antonio Honda was absent so it was up to Takeshi Masada to come up with a lewd joke to set up the Gongitsune spot. Also Mecha Mummy lined up the opposing team for a Mecha Drill attack but Yuki Ishida used his Dosukoi spirit at the back of the line to push the rest of his team against the power of the drill. Keigo Nakamura took the brunt of the drill attack but found a way to pin Mummy with a Crucifix Pin for the upset title change.
When Danshoku Dieno won his match he announced to the crowd his intention of becoming the mayor of Toshima, which is wear Ikebukuro is located. However the actual mayor was in attendance and rejected Dieno’s proposal by attacking him with sumo slaps while Akito held Dieno back at ringside.
Yuki Iino briefly won the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from Kazuki Hirata but then had Tetsuya Endo and Soma Takao both trying to win it off him after the match. Iino was too busy fighting them off to defend himself from Hirata rolling him up with a School Boy to take the title back.
DDT “THE LAST BEER GARDEN PRO WRESTLING OF 2024”, 17/10/2024 Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage
1. Shunma Katsumata & To-y Vs Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi
2. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul Vs Toru Owashi, Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida
3. Street Kickboxing 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Yukimitsu Takahashi & Keigo Nakamura Vs Thanomsak Toba, Takeshi Masada & Gota Ihashi
4. Special Single Match – Tiger Cub Rope Death Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Antonio Honda
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Danshoku Dieno
6. The Final Match Of Beer Garden Pro Wrestling 2024! Special Drunk 3 Way Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino Vs Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi
Everyone in the main event wants to get drunk tomorrow so DDT may as well make it part of the match.
Due to a strong request by Antonio Honda, he and Jun Akiyama will now face each other in a Tiger Cub Rope Death Match! They will be attached to each other by the wrist with a tiger rope and more importantly a tiger cub stuffed toy is hanging from the middle of the rope. It will be up to the wrestlers to protect the toy from their opponent or even use it as a weapon.
Recent shenanigans with the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title has led to Kazuki Hirata now defending the title against former champion Danshoku Dieno.
The Right To Challenge Shield holders going into tomorrow’s show are Shunma Katsumata (Blue) and Soma Takao (White).
DDT “DDT PRO WRESTLING IN IKEBUKURO FULL MOON FESTIVAL 2024”, 19/10/2024 Tokyo Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park Outdoor Theater
1. Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino Vs Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata
2. Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata Vs Jun Akiyama, Yukio Naya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Special Tag Match: Akito & Pokotan Vs Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko
4. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul Vs HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Gota Ihashi
5. KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Titles: Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi, Munetatsu Nakamura, Takeshi Masada & Mecha Mummy (c) Vs Keigo Nakamura, To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi
The KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions have to make a substitution for their next title defence. Takayuki Ueki is out of action with a dislocated shoulder so he is being replaced with Munetatsu Nakamura from Ganbare☆Pro.
DDT “CHARISMANIA”, 06/11/2024 Shinjuku FACE
1. KUBITO & Naohiro Katsumi 19th Anniversary Match: KUBITO Vs Naohiro Katsumi
2. Special Single Match: KANON Vs Shigehiro Irie
3. The Greatest Wrestling Match Of CHARISMANIA: Daisuke Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto Vs Dick Togo & Minoru Fujita
For the first time ever KANON is going to fight Shigehiri Irie one on one.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO/DEFY “TJPW BRIGHT EYES”, 09/11/2024 Washington Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA
1. Rika Tatsumi & Amira Vs Suzume & Arisu Endo
2. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Wakana Uehara
3. Moka Miyamoto Vs Rebel Kel
4. Mizuki Vs Liiza Hall
5. Miu Watanabe & Shoko Nakajima Vs Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher
6. Princess Tag Team Titles: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh (c) Vs Vert Vixen & Nicole Matthews
This is the full card for Tokyo Joshi Pro’s collaboration with DEFY. The semi-main event is a preview for the next Princess Of Princess Title match as Miu Watanabe and Zara Zakher will be in opposite teams. Two new names from the North American scene will step foot into TJPW for the first time. Liiza Hall is from Canada and has nine years of experience. Rebel Kel has previously wrestled in Japan for Stardom near the end of the pre-Bushiroad era. Amira was on last December’s TJPW show with Prestige. She also teamed with Rika Tatsumi back then so they are already familiar with each other. But is that enough to take on Daisy Monkey?
GANBARE☆PRO “HANARE BANARE NI 2024”, 14/10/2024 Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center 221 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Yuki Kanzaki defeated Shota Kawakami with the Fisherman Buster (7:29).
2. Masamune, Yumehito Imanari & Tyson Maeguchi defeated Shuichiro Katsumura, Choun-Shiryu & Takuya Wada when Imanari pinned Shiryu with a Power Bomb (12:19).
3. Ken Ohka defeated Daisuke®️ with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (11:06).
4. Gaia Hox & Jun Masaoka defeated defeated Keisuke Ishii & Munetatsu Nakamura when Hox pinned Nakamura with the BUTTERFLY EFFECT (13:02).
5. Makoto & SAKI defeated Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE when SAKI pinned HARUKAZE with the Running Brainbuster (17:44).
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) defeated Yuna Manase & YuuRI when Watase pinned Manase with the Elbow Butt (22:09). *V1 for Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase.
Today was the day for Ganbare☆Joshi to show their spirit and take over main event. The division’s top two names Yuna Manase & YuuRI fought Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase with the Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles on the line. Manase & YuuRI tried fighting fire with fire against the champions in order to show just how determined they were to win. Sadly the admirable performance ended in defeat. Irie took care of YuuRI with a Lariat and Watase used his signature moves on Manase. She kept kicking out of the pins so Watase pulled off his elbow pad and hit an exposed Elbow Butt to finally get the three count.
Watase praised Nippon Ganbare☆Rengo after the match for being so strong. He thought he would never lose to a team of women who can only try hard but this match convinced him it could happen after all. He encouraged GanJo to train more so they can have a rematch. Manase revealed she recently spoke to Shinjiro Otani and he gave her advice on how to win the match. He told her to keep going until she wins. She thanked Irie for fighting her & YuuRI today so he could get to understand their feelings. YuuRI said one day a GanJo wrestler will win a GanPro championship.
Over the last month Munetatsu Nakamura has been losing matches to Gaia Hox & Jun Masaoka across the wrestling scene. The pair known as F-SWAG have beaten Nakamura on both GanPro and FREEDOMS shows leading Nakamura to make a rash decision today. He was meant to wrestle Keisuke Ishii on a singles match but when he found out F-SWAG was in the area today he convinced Ishii to team with him for a tag match against them instead. F-SWAG won the match and have now beaten Nakamura for the third time in a row. The rookie still wants to keep fighting them no matter what company it will take place in. Masaoka doesn’t deny that Nakamura loves wrestling and GanPro but he explained that the rookie hasn’t changed much in their matches together. Ishii though? Masaoka enjoyed wrestling him and would be happy to have a singles match against him anytime. Hox also called out Shota Kawakami to stand with Nakamura if this rivalry against F-SWAG is going to continue.
DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2024 TOUR IN SHINJUKU”, 03/10/2024 Shinjuku FACE
1. Yukio Naya Vs Yuki Ishida
2. Jun Akiyama, Soma Takao & Kazuma Sumi Vs Toru Owashi, Masahiro Takanashi & Ilusion
3. Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino Vs Keigo Nakamura & To-y
4. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & Yuya Koroku Vs HARASHIMA & Yuki Ueno
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul (c) Vs Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada
6. Special Tag Match: Makoto Oishi & Kaisei Takechi Vs Akito & Kazuki Hirata
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles – Makoto Oishi’s Last DDT Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs Makoto Oishi & Danshoku Dieno
A press conference was held today for ShunMao and the challengers to sign the KO-D Tag Team Titles match contract. Danshoku Dieno appeared alone and called Makoto Oishi to find out where he is. Oishi said he overslept and he was already in a taxi on the way over to the building. After a 10 minute wait Oishi still had not appeared so the contract signing went ahead without him. Dieno apologized dogeza style and convinced ShunMao to let him sign the contract without the need for Oishi’s signature. Shunma Katsumata called it a sign of Oishi being careless and MAO said when the match happens he will deliver the final blow to Oishi. When it was time for the group photo, Oishi finally arrived and entered the room intending to ambush the champions. But MAO noticed him coming and kicked him in the groin. Oishi admitted he was going to attack MAO to give his team the advantage but he really did oversleep and arrived to the conference late. He explained he went to be late last night, woke up this morning to do his laundry, went back to bed until almost noon. Oishi apologised by doing a full vertical headstand that he calls the ultimate dogeza. He then talked about the title match but mistakingly said it was happened on 3rd November, not 3rd October. MAO scolded him for getting the date wrong and called it was a disgrace.
Oishi’s last day in DDT has gotten even busier. He helped train Kaisei Takechi for his wrestling matches and Takechi wants to show his appreciation for it by teaming with him before he goes. Oishi already has a KO-D Tag Titles match lined up but ShunMao gave their blessing for him to do the Takechi match too. It sounds like the Takechi match will happen before the title match on the day.
BASARA “BASARA 258 ~SOUEN~”, 11/10/2024 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Takato Nakano Vs Takeru Inoue
2. FUMA, Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & KUBTIO Vs Takumi Tsukamoto, Yasu Urano & Gouma Ryu
3. Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Masato Kamino & Yusuke Kodama
4. Daichi Kazato Vs Billy Ken Kid
5. Union MAX Title: Minoru Fujita (c) Vs Masahiro Takanashi
The next couple of guests coming over to BASARA are Billy Ken Kid and Yusuke Kodama.
DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2024 TOUR IN FUKUOKA”, 13/10/2024 Acros Fukuoka
1. O-40 Title – 3 Way Match: Azul Dragon (c) Vs Toru Owashi Vs Danshoku Dieno
2. Special Tag Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata Vs Kota Umeda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. DDT Universal Title: Yuki Iino (c) Vs To-y
After a whole bunch of failed cash in attempts, To-y lost his chance at fighting Yuki Iino for the DDT Universal Title when the Right To Challenge Shield was taken away from him. However To-y didn’t let that stop him from still trying to get Iino’s attention. No matter how many times Iino took him down with the Spear, To-y refused to give up. Iino now sees how much heart To-y is showing him so he agreed to finally give him his title shot.
I found out where Azul Dragon defended the O-40 Title. He held an event back in June called Karaokekan Pro Wrestling and retained the title in a 3 Way Match with a bunch of silly rules attached to it.
GANBARE☆PRO “HANARE BANARE NI 2024”, 14/10/2024 Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center
1. Shota Kawakami Vs Yuki Kanzaki
2. Shuichiro Katsumura, Choun-Shiryu & Takuya Wada Vs Masamune, Yumehito Imanari & Tyson Maeguchi
3. Ken Ohka Vs Daisuke®️
4. Keisuke Ishii Vs Munetatsu Nakamura
5. Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE Vs Makoto & SAKI
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Yuna Manase & YuuRI
The three singles matches on the show are put together to see if the new wrestlers can show what the future of Ganbare☆Pro will be like. It’s a big spot for the likes of Munetatsu Nakamura, Daisuke®️, Shota Kawakami and maybe even Yuki Kanzaki. But if Keisuke Ishii and Ken Ohka win their matches in dominant ways that too could show GanPro’s future is not going to change much.
DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2024”, 20/10/2024 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Danshoku Dieno
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Shinya Aoki (c) Vs HARASHIMA
In the past there have been three singles matches Shinya Aoki and HARASHIMA had against each other. Aoki has a 2-1 record against HARASHIMA but still considers his opponent to be the undisputed ace of DDT. He is looking forward to finding out if he can make it three wins out of four or if HARASHIMA will even the score and win the KO-D Openweight Title in the process.
The new DDT Extreme Champion wasted no time in choosing his first challenger. Akito has always admired Dieno for being a symbol of DDT’s creativity. Even when Akito feuded with Pheromones he hated seeing Dieno play in a supporting role rather than the group leader. Akito played a part in taking away Pheromones from Dieno so he wants to flip roles and give Dieno a chance to take his beloved Extreme Title away from him.
BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “VOL. SIXTEEN: WHERE COLD WINDS BLOW”, 24/09/2024 Tokyo ARENA Shimokitazawa ??? Fans
1. Masahiro Takanashi & MAO Takanashi defeated Mr. Bueno & Chie Koishikawa when Takanashi & Takanashi both pinned Bueno with the Double Bacchus (?:??).
2. Dr. Cube & Mecha Mummy defeated Mad Dr. Ueki & Shin Suzuki when Mummy submitted Ueki with the Mecha Drill Grind (?:??).
3. Mr. Malo defeated Munetatsu Nakamura with the Killswitch (?:??).
4. Minoru Suzuki defeated Antonio Honda with the Gotch-Style Piledriver (?:??).
With no matches announced beforehand, nobody knew what to expect with this month’s visit to Baka Gaijin + Friends. The show looked like it was even going to finish early when Chris Brookes gathered everyone together after Match #3 to begin the closing speeches. Antonio Honda interrupted him complaining about not having a match on the show. Brookes admitted he forgot to book something for him. Honda demanded a match and came up with an idea. He has experience in fighting invisible men so his opponent will be Invisible Minoru Suzuki! Honda behaved like Suzuki was walking in front of him performing his entrance, unaware that the real Minoru Suzuki entered the room in his gear and stood behind him ready to wrestle! Honda turned around as the fans sang “Kaze Ni Nare” and collapsed in shock at the sight of Suzuki.
The match began and Honda tried to take control by Chopping Suzuki only to get Chopped in return. The trade-offs continued until Honda change things up by grabbing a flower and exchanging wrist locks with his opponent without dropping it. Suzuki then grabbed Honda in a Headlock and dragged him over to the window where he tried to throw him out of the building! Honda escaped and backed away from the window but Suzuki then attacked him with a coat hanger and then threw him into the front row of stools. Honda tried fighting back but was overwhelmed by Suzuki’s attacks. He got a lucky break by ducking a Clothesline causing Suzuki to slam his arm off the wooden pillar in the room. He summoned Gongitsune to start his comeback leading into the two of them winding up for a Bionic Elbow spot. Honda caught Suzuki in the Sleeper Hold and took him down to the ground. He climbed the bar counter and did the Diving Fist Drop but Suzuki got out of the way and hit the Gotch-Style Piledriver for the win. Honda wanted to keep fighting after the match but Suzuki slapped him to the ground. However Suzuki showed respect to Honda afterwards and allowed him to close out the show with a speech.
A new masked luchador has shown up in Baka Gaijin and he is described as somebody who is the opposite of Mr. Bueno. The wrestler known as Mr. Malo spent a lot of his match against Munetatsu Nakamura singling out women in the audience so he could gift them with a flower. One of those women was Sayaka from ChocoPro. But whenever the ref’s back was turned, Malo gave Nakamura a Low Blow. He also grabbed Sayaka and used her to distract the ref so he could smash a tequila bottle over Nakamura’s head before pinning him with the Killswitch. Mr. Bueno came out to check on Nakamura after the match.
Mad Dr. Ueki was feeling despondent today over what happened at “FUCKED UP FEST” last month. His prized robot Mecha Mummy was taken away by Dr. Cube and reprogrammed to do the evil kaiju’s bidding. Ueki called out Mummy to confront him and Mummy entered the room with Dr. Cube next to him! Cube bragged about what he did and ordered Mummy to destroy Ueki right away. Mummy attacked but Ueki was suddenly rescued by the ring announcer Shin Suzuki! He didn’t want to stand by and watch Ueki get ganged up on so he decided they should do a tag match instead. Ueki tried to reason with Mummy by reminding it of all the good times they had together but Mummy continued to attack him. Ueki pulled out his police gun and shot Mummy but the bullet ricocheted off its chest and hit Suzuki instead! Cube’s, well, cube protected his head like a helmet until Ueki pulled it off to reveal his horribly scarred face. But Mummy stopped Ueki by attacking him with the Mecha Drill, grinding it against Ueki’s face until he tapped out. Cube & Mummy continued to attack Ueki and then Cube promoted the Kaiju Big Battel show happening in Shin-Kiba 1st RING on 10th October. When they left Ueki was so upset that he decided to wipe out his memories of being a Mad Doctor and staggered out of the room.
The first match was a tag match between two teams of doubles. Mr. Bueno was joined by Chie Koishikawa who dressed and behaved just like he did. The other team had MAO not only teaming with Masahiro Takanashi but impersonating him too right down to the promo style. Bueno & Koishikawa were perhaps too identical. They both climbed the bar counter and then banged their heads off the ceiling by standing up too tall. MAO & Takanashi took advantage and both used Takanashi’s Bacchus cradle to pin Bueno for the three count.
Wrestling commentator Haruo Murata was in attendance for the show and decided to join in with Mr. HAKU’s play-by-play on stream during the middle of the main event.
The next Baka Gaijin + Friends show will be held on 29th October.
GANBARE☆PRO “KATTENI-SHIYAGARE 2024”, 23/09/2024 Yokohama Radiant Hall 240 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox defeated Munetatsu Nakamura & Shota Kawakami when Hox pinned Kawakami with the Modified Package Piledriver (14:08).
2. London Machine, Choun-Shiryu & Tsukina Umino defeated PSYCHO, Rekka & HARUKAZE when Machine submitted HARUKAZE with the Argentine Backbreaker (12:20).
3. Yuna Manase & YuuRI defeated Moeka Haruhi & Maya Yukihi when Manase pinned Haruhi with the Lariat (12:35).
4. Hartley Jackson defeated Yumehito Imanari with the Piledriver (13:20).
5. Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Mizuki Watase defeated Tyson Maeguchi, Thanomsak Toba & Kouki Iwasaki when Katsumura submitted Maeguchi with the Triple Three 3 Lock (14:27).
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Keisuke Ishii (c) defeated Takuya Wada with the High Angle Double Arm DDT (18:51). *V3 for Keisuke Ishii.
Last month’s cancelled show delayed the Spirit Of Ganbare World Title match to today. In the meantime Keisuke Ishii got to wrestle Yuji Nagata recently and was inspired to use the Nagata Lock II on Takuya Wada. He had to let go due to a rope break but Ishii went back to his usual moveset and eventually won with the High Angle Double Arm DDT. Ishii encouraged Wada to keep fighting him and said they should have three more matches against each other. Ishii told the fans he will lead Ganbare☆Pro for as long as his willpower and body can handle it. Hartley Jackson entered the ring and told Ishii he is a strong champion, but Jackson is ichiban! He will face Ishii for the SOG Title in Osaka on 3rd November.
After Match #5 Mizuki Watase was confronted in the ring by Yuna Manase. She said Watase is doing more to carry the weight of GanPro in other promotions than anyone else. However Manase wants to make her name inside GanPro so she is challenging Watase & Shigehiro Irie for the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles! Watase accepted her challenge, saying he and Irie want to defend the titles against anyone who is motivated regardless of their gender, nationality or what promotion the represent. Manase wants the title shot to happen on 14th October in the main event and she already decided YuuRI is going to be her tag partner. Whenever they team together they are called Nippon Ganbare☆Rengo. The move has Shuichiro Katsumura’s approval. He was going to challenge the champions with Ken Ohka but he’s happy to support his “cute little sisters” instead. Watase is Katsumura’s “nasty little brother” so he won’t be cheering for him.
At the start of the show Yumehito Imanari talked about being undefeated in GanPro ever since they went independent. He asked Michiyoshi Mishima to be rewarded with a SOG Title shot if he could beat Jackson today. Mishima agreed but Imanari ended up losing the match. That led to Jackson challenging Ishii for the title at the end of the show instead.
Another reason why Manase made her tag title challenge was to help push the Ganbare☆Joshi division towards the main event of GanPro cards. GanJo matches are usually held during the first half of the regular shows and when Match #3 was finished Manase asked Mishima to book a GanJo bout for the main event of the 14th October show. Mishima said he would think about it but Manase was not happy with that answer. Then the stuff already written above happened later as a compromise.
HARUKAZE finds herself in the opposite end from Imanari. She has yet to win a match in GanPro since the group went independent and vowed today would be her first victory. That didn’t happen because London Machine made her submit to the Argentine Backbreaker. Both of them tried pulling on each other’s masks during the match.
Even though Munetatsu Nakamura lost in the opening match, he made a request afterwards. Takashi Sasaki was in attendance and Nakamura asked him if he could be booked for the FREEDOMS show at Korakuen Hall on 10th October. Sasaki was impressed by how proactive Nakamura is to ask him directly instead of contacting the FREEDOMS office. However Jun Masaoka took offence and told both Nakamura & Shota Kawakami they need to practice more. A brawl broke out between the teams. Masaoka & Gaia Hox ended up getting the better of the GanPro rookies again.
At the end of the show Ohka interrupted Ishii’s closing speech to give everyone an announcement. GanPro will return to Korakuen Hall on 11th April, 2025! It will be GanPro’s first time booking Korakuen as an independent promotion. The previous times were all done under DDT or CyberFight’s control. Ishii said never in his 16 year career has he main evented a Korakuen show as a singles champion. He will do his best to headline Korakuen with the SOG Title and close out the show with fans chanting his name.
Posted by JamieOD 
