Charismania, Sasaki Is Sick Of Love And Dreams, Dance Terrorist To Debut

November 5, 2024

DDT “CHARISMANIA”, 06/11/2024
Shinjuku FACE

1. KUBITO & Naohiro Katsumi 19th Anniversary Match: KUBITO Vs Naohiro Katsumi
2. Ram Kaichow, Endo Kaichow & Kodara Kaichow (w/ X) Vs Brahman Shu, Brahman Masa & Brahman Keigo (w/ Brahman Kei)
3. Demus, Ilusion & Anarko Montaña Vs Kaito Ishida, Shunma Katsumata & Diego
4. Ryuichi “Fire” Kawakami & MJ Paul Vs Masashi Takeda & Daichi Sato
5. Special Single Match: KANON Vs Shigehiro Irie
6. The Greatest Wrestling Match Of CHARISMANIA: Daisuke Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto Vs Dick Togo & Minoru Fujita

Tomorrow’s “CHARISMANIA” show has some added juice to it now that Daisuke Sasaki will be headlining a Sumo Hall show at the end of the year. Time for him to sharpen up his skills with Yuko Miyamoto, Dick Togo and Minoru Fujita.

Brahman Kei made his first public appearance in Michinoku Pro over the weekend after getting surgery to remove a tumor. He won’t be able to wrestle for a while yet but is capable of being at ringside for Brahman Shu’s matches again. In order to keep the two teams even, Ram Kaichow has gone looking for someone extra to look out for her team against the Brahmans.

BASARA “BASARA 261 ~SOUEN~”, 08/11/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Lil’ Kraken Vs Takeru Inoue
2. Daiki Shimomura Vs Tsutomu Oosugi
3. Basara Jacket 4 Way Match: KUBITO Vs Gouma Ryu Vs Banana Senga Vs Daisuke Sekimoto
4. SAGAT & Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano & Masahiro Takanashi
5. Isami Kodaka & Minoru Fujita Vs Daichi Kazato & Ayato Yoshida

Does BASARA have a jacket big enough for Daisuke Sekimoto to wrestle in without his muscles ripping it apart at the seams?

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE MOUNTAIN TOP 2024”, 16/11/2024
Osaka Edion Arena #2

1. 3 Way Match: Shoko Nakajima Vs Haruna Neko Vs Kaya Toribami
2. Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Chika Nanase
3. Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu Vs Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
4. Shazza McKenzie & Moka Miyamoto Vs Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI
5. Yuki Arai, Suzume & Arisu Endo Vs Mizuki, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
6. Next Generation Tournament ’24 – Semi Final: Haru Kazashiro Vs Wakana Uehara
7. Next Generation Tournament ’24 – Semi Final: Toga Vs Kira Summer
8. Princess Of Princess Title: Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Zara Zakher

The Next Generation Tournament has finished its first round with last year’s winner Wakana Uehara taking the last spot in the semi-final. Next up for her is Haru Kazashiro.

Miyu Yamashita won’t be on the show because she will be wrestling in America for GCW that weekend.

DDT “GET ALIVE 2024 TOUR IN YOKOHAMA”, 16/11/2024
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Soma Takao & Kazuma Sumi
2. Yuki Ueno, To-y & Diego Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yuki Ishida
3. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & Jun Akiyama Vs Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura
4. Special Single Match: MAO Vs Yuya Koroku
5. Special Single Match: Shunma Katsumata Vs Tetsuya Endo
6. SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada Vs Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, Demus & Ilusion

The feud between SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A is just getting started! Some of the undercard matches have been changed to adapt with the current turn of events.

Two singles matches building up the next KO-D Tag Team Titles match are happening here. Shunma Katsumata can take a big scalp if he can beat Tetsuya Endo by himself. Yuya Koroku has a recent pinfall win over Katsumata but can he get the same result against MAO?

GANBARE☆PRO “WHERE EAGLES DARE 2024”, 17/11/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Tyson Maeguchi Vs Shota Kawakami
2. Yuna Manase & Nanami Vs YuuRI & Soy
3. PSYCHO & Moeka Haruhi Vs Black Menso-re & HARUKAZE
4. Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Yuya Susumu
5. Kouki Iwasaki 10th Anniversary Match: Kouki Iwasaki, Shuichiro Katsumura & Keisuke Ishii Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Yumehito Imanari & Rekka
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Ken Ohka & Shuji Ishikawa

The main event was originally meant to happen in August but the show was cancelled over typhoon concerns. It took a while to reschedule it but Ken Ohka got a date where Shuji Ishikawa is available to be on the show so they can challenge Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase for the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles.

HARUKAZE still has not won a match since Ganbare☆Pro went independent. She hopes teaming up with Black Menso-re is what she needs to finally grab a win for herself. Moeka Haruhi has PSYCHO as her partner to try and continue HARUKAZE’s losing streak.

Ishikawa coming over means he will be bringing someone else from Evolution with him to represent the promotion. Soy is still in her rookie year as a wrestler. Her outsider opponent on the other team is Nanami from Diana.

DDT “MAO TRIUMPHANT RETURN! DRAMATIC DREAM TAISEIKAN ~THE VILLAGE IS WHERE THE SCHOOL IS~ 2024”, 17/11/2024
Miyagi Osaki City Matsuyama B&G Marine Center

1. Makoto Oishi Vs Kazuma Sumi
2. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda
3. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Ilusion Vs Akito, Takeshi Masada & Yuni
4. Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA Vs Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida
5. Special Tag Match: MJ Paul & Demus Vs Yukio Naya & Diego
6. The 37KAMIINA Vs BURNING!: Shunma Katsumata & To-y Vs Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku
7. Special Tag Match: MAO & Yuki Ueno Vs Minoru Suzuki & Chris Brookes

More DDT appearances for Demus and Diego.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2024”, 22/12/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Single Match: Tomohiro Ishii Vs Yuki Iino

DDT wants to end 2024 on some high notes by running a Korakuen Hall show and a Sumo Hall show in the last few weeks of December. For Korakuen Yuki Iino is getting a singles match against Tomohiro Ishii! What will it be like when a Stone Pitbull is BURNING?

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

I have to say I didn’t expect to see Chris Brookes win the KO-D Openweight Title from Shinya Aoki. Even more so I didn’t expect the next Sumo Hall main event to be Brookes Vs Sasaki for the belt. Sasaki is sick of hearing people like Brookes in DDT talk about love and dreams. He is more motivated to make the lives of those people a living hell than he is to become the champion again.

More personalities from the entertainment world are coming to make their pro wrestling debuts in DDT. This time it is a masked man named Kumadori from the “Dance Terrorist Group” O-MENZ. According to Kumadori he is one of the most muscular members of the group and he wants to unleash his breakdancing wrestler skills in the ring. This deal came together when Kumadori met Sanshrio Takagi through a mutual acquaintance. He told Takagi directly that he wanted to give wrestling a try. I looked up some O-MENZ videos online and I think the closest comparison I can think of is they’re like a Japanese version of Jabbawockeez.

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GANBARE☆PRO “HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER 2024” Results

November 3, 2024

GANBARE☆PRO “HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER 2024”, 03/11/2024
Osaka 176BOX
123 Fans

1. Moeka Haruhi & Yuna Manase defeated HARUKAZE & YuuRI when Manase pinned HARUKAZE with the Lariat (11:07).
2. Harutoki defeated Munetatsu Nakamura with the Moonsault Press (11:24).
3. Ken Ohka, Yumehito Imanari & Tsuyoshi Okada defeated Shuichiro Katsumura, Hiroaki Moriya & Shota Kawakami when Imanari pinned Kawakami with a Power Bomb (14:20).
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Keisuke Ishii (c) defeated Hartley Jackson with the Momoiro Kick (14:05).
*V4 for Keisuke Ishii.
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) defeated Naoki Tanizaki & Kohei Kinoshita when Watase pinned Kinoshita with an Elbow Butt (22:49).
*V2 for Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase.

A few weeks ago Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase fought Naoki Tanizaki & Kohei Kinoshita on a KOBE Meriken Pro show. Kinoshita pulled off an upset by pinning Watase and made the argument afterwards to get a shot at the Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles. That led to the rematch today in Ganbare☆Pro where the champions got their revenge with a successful title defence. Ken Ohka then challenged Irie & Watase for the titles on 17th November. His partner is going to be Shuji Ishikawa just like how it was meant to be back in August before that month’s show was cancelled because of a typhoon. However Ohka admitted he doesn’t know yet if Ishikawa is actually available for the new date. He’s confident Ishikawa will be there.

Keisuke Ishii has now tied the record for most successful Spirit Of Ganbare World Title defences after he beat Hartley Jackson.

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A Baka Gaijin Halloween, SOG Champs Comment On Upcoming Defences

October 28, 2024

BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “VOL. 17: HALLOWEEN II:”, 29/10/2024
Tokyo ARENA Shimokitazawa

1. Ram Kaichow, Mr. Bueno & Mr. Malo Vs Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Chie Koishikawa

No other matches have been announced for the show yet so who knows who (or what) else will appear in ARENA Shimokitazawa tomorrow night.

BASARA “BASARA 260 ~KOO~”, 30/10/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita
2. Daichi Kazato Vs Gouma Ryu
3. KUBITO & SAGAT Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Yasu Urano
4. Masato Kamino Vs Daisuke Sekimoto
5. Takumi Tsukamoto, FUMA & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Takato Nakano, Lil’ Kraken & Takeru Inoue
6. Iron Fist Tag Team Titles: Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura (c) Vs Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga

This is the match order for Wednesday’s BASARA show.

GANBARE☆PRO “HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER 2024”, 03/11/2024
Osaka 176BOX

1. Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Harutoki
2. Moeka Haruhi & Yuna Manase Vs HARUKAZE & YuuRI
3. Ken Ohka, Yumehito Imanari & Tsuyoshi Okada Vs Shuichiro Katsumura, Shota Kawakami & Hiroaki Moriya
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Naoki Tanizaki & Kohei Kinoshita
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Keisuke Ishii (c) Vs Hartley Jackson

Keisuke Ishii has mindset of a challenger going into next weekend’s show even though he is the defending Spirit Of Ganbare World Champion. All of his favorite wrestlers growing up beat strong foreign opponents so he would like to do the same. However Hartley Jackson’s stock in Japan has been rising lately with appearances in New Japan, All Japan and GLEAT. If Ishii can beat him then he will tie the record for most SOG Title defences.

Things are a little different for Mizuki Watase. He sees Ishii as a fortress that protects Ganbare☆Pro. Watase & Shigehire Irie however see themselves as an attacking force that invades other fortresses. That’s why he is excited for the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles defence against the Osaka team of Naoki Tanizaki & Kohei Kinoshita. It will be in a GanPro ring but it will also be in Osaka so who truly has the homefield advantage?

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “LOOKING AROUND THE WORLD, ISN’T JAPAN AMAZING AFTER ALL!?”, 10/11/2024
Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall

1. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: X Vs X
2. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: X Vs X
3. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: X Vs X
4. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: X Vs X
5. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: X & X Vs X & X
6. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: X & X Vs X & X

Rakuhan: Raku, Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki, Haru Kazashiro, Chika Nanase, Ryo Mizunami and Ram Kaichow

Pom-chan Army: Pom Harajuku, Mahiro Kiryu, Haruna Neko, Kaya Toribami, Toga, Kira Summer, Uta Takami and Yoshiko Hasegawa

The team challenge between Rakuhan and Pom-chan Army is now sponsored by Yamada Suisan so the winning team will receive 10kg of Yamada Unagi as their luxurious prize.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE MOUNTAIN TOP 2024”, 16/11/2024
Osaka Edion Arena #2

1. Next Generation Tournament ’24 – Semi Final: Toga Vs Kira Summer
2. Next Generation Tournament ’24 – Semi Final: Haru Kazashiro Vs Winner Of Match 1D
3. Princess Of Princess Title: Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Zara Zakher

The winner of Wakana Uehara Vs Chika Nanase next week will meet Haru Kazashiro in the Next Generation Tournament semi-finals.

GANBARE☆PRO “WHERE EAGLES DARE 2024”, 17/11/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Yuya Susumu
2. Kouki Iwasaki 10th Anniversary Match: Kouki Iwasaki, Shuichiro Katsumura & Keisuke Ishii Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Yumehito Imanari & Rekka

It wasn’t that long ago when GanPro was Kouki Iwasaki’s home promotion. He left in 2022 but returned this year for a couple of appearances. So in the run up to DNA’s 10th Anniversary, GanPro will be throwing a celebratory match for Iwasaki with Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Rekka among the invited guests.

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Okubo Taking A Break, Shimomura’s Suspension Ends, Pokotan Picks A Fight With More Mascots

October 21, 2024

BASARA “BASARA 259 ~HIEN~”, 22/10/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ryota Nakatsu & Takeru Inoue Vs Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga
2. Lil’ Kraken Vs Chicharito Shoki
3. Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT Vs Yumehito Imanari & Tyson Maeguchi
4. Ryuichi Sekine Vs Guts Ishijima
5. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino (c) Vs Isami Kodaka & Hideyoshi Kamitani

This is tomorrow’s match order for the BASARA show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR 2024 AUTUMN”, 27/10/2024
Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall

1. Arisu Endo & Toga Vs Kira Summer & Chika Nanase
2. Shoko Nakajima & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami
3. Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh Vs Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI
4. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Runa Okubo
5. Miu Watanabe & Wakana Uehara Vs Mizuki & Shino Suzuki
6. Next Generation Tournament ’24 – Round 1C: Haru Kazashiro Vs Uta Takami
7. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku Vs Haruna Neko, Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu

It was announced yesterday that Runa Okubo will be taking an indefinite hiatus from pro wrestling at the end of the month to focus on her education. She is currently in high school and told Tokyo Joshi Pro she’s been having difficulties with balancing pro wrestling with her studies so a decision was made by the company and her guardians to put her wrestling career on hold for the time being. Okubo’s final match for now will be against Yuki Kamifuku. Her opponent is not going to take it easy on her though. Kamifuku said she is going to pluck out Okubo’s eyes and sell them off like jewelry!

BASARA “BASARA 260 ~KOO~”, 30/10/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita

Over the weekend BASARA announced that Daiki Shimomura’s one year suspension had come to an end and he will be returning to wrestling at the end of this month. Shimomura was suspended from all BASARA related activities last October over an incident that was only reported as inappropriate behavior from his private life. To this day I still haven’t heard anything to even suggest what the incident was. But it was enough that BASARA had to make a public apology afterward while Shimomura had to disappear from wrestling for a year. His return match has him in the ring with the other members of Sento Minzoku.

GANBARE☆PRO “HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER 2024”, 03/11/2024
Osaka 176BOX

1. Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Harutoki
2. Moeka Haruhi & Yuna Manase Vs HARUKAZE & YuuRI
3. Ken Ohka, Yumehito Imanari & Tsuyoshi Okada Vs Shuichiro Katsumura, Shota Kawakami & Hiroaki Moriya
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Naoki Tanizaki & Kohei Kinoshita
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Keisuke Ishii (c) Vs Hartley Jackson

Two Osaka wrestlers from Dove Pro are going to challenge Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase for the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles. It’s a chance for Naoki Tanizaki to win even more championships while Kohei Kinoshita continues to show how busy his wrestling schedule is.

DDT “SUMIDA DRAMATIC DREAM! ~FREE SEATING PRO WRESTLING SHOW~”, 04/11/2024
Tokyo Higashin Arena (Sumida City Gymnasium)

1. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul & Demus Vs Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino, Masahiro Takanashi & Yuya Koroku
2. Maruto Potori Foods Presents Tag Match: Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida Vs Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
3. STOMPING Presents Tag Match: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi & Soma Takao
4. Special Tag Match ~ Touchi-kun & Oshinari-kun & Higapyon Pro Wrestling Debut Match: Touchi-kun & Pokotan Vs Oshinari-kun & Higapyon
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y Vs HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine
6. Special Single Match: Takeshi Masada Vs Ilusion
7. Tokyo Higashi Shinkin Bank Presents Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Yukio Naya & Shinichiro Kawamatsu Vs Satoshi Kojima, Akito & Antonio Honda
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Shinya Aoki (c) Vs Chris Brookes

All of the Right To Challenge Shields have been used up so now its back to traditional ways to get title matches. Chris Brookes challenged Shinya Aoki for the KO-D Openweight Title to see which one of them loves DDT more.

The feud between SCHADENFREUDE International and DAMNATION T.A continues with Takeshi Masada and Ilusion facing each other one on one. Ilusion wants to destroy Masada’s pretty face!

An all mascot showdown is taking place thanks to Pokotan and Touchi-kun. Originally Pokotan wanted to fight the Japan Self-Defence Force mascot but changed his tune after watching Touchi-kun’s training for the match. Now Pokotan wants to team up with Touchi-kun to take on another tag team. DDT held a press conference today annnouncing that the other team will also be made up of mascots. Oshinari-kun is the mascot for the Oshinari Shopping District and Higapyon is the mascot of Tokyo Higashi Shinkin Bank, the business that owns the naming rights for the venue. Shinichiro Kawamatsu brought the two mascots to a shrine for the announcement but didn’t expect Pokotan to show up and attack Oshinari-kun with a steel basin! However he held back from attacking Higapyon because he thinks that mascot is cute.

Tickets for the show are free so there are a lot of sponsorships up and down the card to fund the event.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE MOUNTAIN TOP 2024”, 16/11/2024
Osaka Edion Arena #2

1. Next Generation Tournament ’24 – Semi Final: Toga Vs Kira Summer
2. Next Generation Tournament ’24 – Semi Final: Winner Of Match 1C Vs Winner Of Match 1D
3. Princess Of Princess Title: Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Zara Zakher

One of the semi-finals is set for the Next Generation Tournament. Either Toga or Kira Summer will reach the final.

DDT “GET ALIVE 2024”, 23/11/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Danshoku Dieno (c/c) Vs Yuni

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. DDT is finally doing the forbidden match between Danshoku Dieno and Yuni. The DDT Extreme Title will definitely be on the line. The Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title will be too if Dieno or Yuni holds it by the time the match takes place.

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GANBARE☆PRO “HANARE BANARE NI 2024” Results

October 14, 2024

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.

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Upcoming Universal Title Defences, GanJo Aiming For GanPro’s Main Event

September 27, 2024

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR 2024 AUTUMN”, 28/09/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Haru Kazashiro Vs Chika Nanase
2. Kaya Toribami Vs Wakana Uehara
3. Mizuki & Uta Takami Vs Mahiro Kiryu & Toga
4. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Kira Summer
5. Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino & Shino Suzuki Vs Suzume, Arisu Endo & Moka Miyamoto
6. Miu Watanabe, Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh Vs Max The Impaler, Shoko Nakajima & HIMAWARI

Three shows from three promotions this weekend. Tokyo Joshi Pro starts it off on Saturday with Max The Impaler still around to crate some more danger.

DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 ~ 3 HOUR SPECIAL~”, 29/09/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & HARASHIMA Vs Jun Akiyama & Keigo Nakamura
2. Tetsuya Endo, Soma Takao & Yuya Koroku Vs Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuki Ishida
3. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul Vs Antonio Honda, To-y & Ilusion
4. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Makoto Oishi
5. DDT Extreme Title – IPPON Lighttube Tag Team Death Match: Shunma Katsumata (c) & Kazuma Sumi Vs Akito & Yuni
6. DDT Universal Title: Yuki Iino (c) Vs Yukio Naya
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Kaisei Takeshi Vs Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Masahiro Takanashi

Then on Sunday DDT welcomes back Kaisei Takeshi to the fold for his second ever wrestling match. He is fitting this in a very busy schedule that is full of different kinds of performances in different places. He is aiming for this match to surpass the shock of his debut.

BASARA “KANRA TOWN 65TH ANNIVERSARY – KANRA PRO WRESTLING FESTIVAL”, 29/09/2024
Gunma Kanra Junior High School Gymnasium

1. Takeru Inoue Vs Yujiro Yamamoto
2. Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Shuichiro Katsumura
3. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daichi Kazato Vs Banana Senga & Ryota Hama
4. KUBITO Vs Yasu Urano
5. Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita & MAZADA Vs Ryuichi Sekine, Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino
6. FUMA Vs Hideki “Shrek” Sekine

The weekend is finished off with BASARA hosting a show in the Gunma region where FUMA looks to take down Hideki Sekine.

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 X

The next DDT Universal Title defence after this weekend will happen on 13th October. Will Yuki Iino still be the champion or is Yukio Naya taking his spot?

The show will feature a rare Kota Umeda sighting! Just as rare is the O-40 Title being defended. Azul Dragon won the belt back in April and has defended it just once since then. I’ll have to go look where that defence happened because it wasn’t in DDT.

Shinya Aoki will be on the show.

DDT “YUKI ISHIDA TRIUMPH! GOD BLESS DDT 2024 TOUR IN KUMAMOTO”, 14/10/2024
Kumamoto L’celmo Yatsushiro

1. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA Vs Chris Brookes & Kazuma Sumi
2. The 37KAMIINA Vs BURNING!: Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku
3. Special Single Match: Yuki Iino Vs Kazuki Hirata

Whether he’s champion or not, Iino will have to deal with Kazuki Hirata in Kumamoto. If Hirata still has the Right To Challenge Shield by then he could use it for a title shot. However he seems to despise being in possession of the Shield and has not shown interest in using it for a title shot of any kind.

GANBARE☆PRO “HANARE BANARE NI 2024”, 14/10/2024
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center

1. Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE Vs Makoto & SAKI
2. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Yuna Manase & YuuRI

The lack of movement up the card for Ganbare☆Joshi has gotten to Yuna Manase so it’s time for a change. She wants GanJo matches to move up to the main event of Ganbare☆Pro events! She and YuuRI got themselves a big opportunity to do that by challenging Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase For the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles.

GANBARE☆PRO “HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER 2024”, 03/11/2024
Osaka 176BOX

1. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Keisuke Ishii (c) Vs Hartley Jackson

Yumehito Imanari blew his chance of facing Keisuke Ishii for the Spirit Of Ganbare World Title and ended up causing Ishii to defend the title against an even bigger challenger! Hartley Jackson is ready to remind everyone in GanPro that he is Ichiban by becoming a two-time champion.

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GANBARE☆PRO “KATTENI-SHIYAGARE 2024” Results

September 23, 2024

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.

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I Chose The Wrong Time To Go On Holiday

July 16, 2024

Heads up, I have a really busy travel week this week. Unfortunately that means I don’t have the time to write any previews for “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24” or “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2024”. I will try my best to post match results, show reports and any other news whenever I can but it may come a few days late before I’m caught up on anything.

DDT “AFTER PETER PAN 2024 IN SHINJUKU”, 26/07/2024
Shinjuku FACE

1. Special Single Match: Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuni
2. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Keigo Nakamura
3. Special Single Match: Yuki Iino Vs MJ Paul

No real clues in the lineup for what direction DDT will go next after Sumo Hall.

Ryuichi “Fire” Kawakami will be on the show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GARAFES DASH!! ~SCORCHING SUMMER SPLASH~”, 27/07/2024
Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage

1. Raku Vs Uta Takami
2. Miu Watanabe & Suzume Vs Pom Harajuku & Shino Suzuki

The next Tokyo Joshi Pro appearance at the Garafes is later this month. The Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling) also recently announced a new trainee called Kana. She was born in Kanagawa on 5th August, 2005 and is 156cm tall. Her goal is to become both a regular pro wrestler and idol.

BASARA “BASARA 254 ~ICHIMIDOUSHIN~”, 04/08/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Takeru Inoue Debut Match: Takeru Inoue Vs X
2. Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Yuki Ishikawa
3. Union MAX Title: Minoru Fujita (c) Vs Yasu Urano

All of Minoru Fujita’s defences of the Union MAX Title so far have been against BASARA wrestlers. Yasu Urano is going to be his first outsider opponent. For Fujita it may be the first time he feels like BASARA’s leader as their champion.

GANBARE☆PRO “UNCUT DIAMONDS 2024”, 16/08/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Ken Ohka & Shuji Ishikawa
2. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Keisuke Ishii (c) Vs Takuya Wada

In just over a year and a half Takuya Wada has accomplished plenty in Ganbare☆Pro. He already held a championship here and now has a chance to take the Spirit Of Ganbare World Title from Keisuke Ishii.

Ken Ohka has called upon Shuji Ishikawa to challenge Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase for the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles. Ohka is on a mission to show everyone that wrestlers born in the 1970s are still up to snuff.

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GANBARE☆PRO “DISASTER ARTIST 2024” Results

July 15, 2024

GANBARE☆PRO “DISASTER ARTIST 2024”, 15/07/2024
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center
286 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Takuya Wada & Yujiro Yamamoto defeated Munetatsu Nakamura & Shota Kawakami when Wada submitted Nakamura with the Gm UP!! (9:50).
2. SAKI, Yuko Sakurai & Yuki Mashiro defeated HARUKAZE, Yuna Manase & Banny Oikawa when SAKI pinned HARUKAZE with the Running Brainbuster (8:58).
3. Fire Festival – A Block: Yumehito Imanari (10) defeated Satsuki Nagao (10) with the Lou Thesz Press (11:19).
4. Moeka Haruhi Return Match: Shuichiro Katsumura & YuuRI defeated Yusaku Ito & Moeka Haruhi when YuuRI pinned Haruhi with a German Suplex (12:09).
5. Ken Ohka, Keisuke Ishii & Tyson Maeguchi defeated Shigehiro Irie, Mizuki Watase & Rekka when Ohka pinned Watase with the Flame Spear (12:13).
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Keisuke Ishii (c) defeated Hong Kong International Police Man with the Momoiro Kick (15:59).
*V2 for Keisuke Ishii.

Today was a big show for Ganbare☆Pro because it drew the largest crowd they have ever had at Takashimadaira Kumin Center! The main event was advertised as Keisuke Ishii defending the Spirit Of Ganbare World Title against Hong Kong International Police Man. However when it was time for the match to happen Police Man was nowhere to be found. Instead Choun-Shiryu walked out as his replacement! Ishii was still able to beat him using the Momoiro Kick, his name for the Kneel Kick. After the match he thanked “Police Man” because it was the first singles match they ever had together. Takuya Wada then entered the ring and challenged Ishii for the championship. It will take place on 16th August. Wada and the other wrestlers from the 1970s group then joined together in the ring to close out the show.

Ken Ohka was able to beat one of the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Champions by pinning Mizuki Watase with the Flame Spear. Shigehiro Irie taunted Ohka after the match by raising his title belt in the air. At the end of the show Ohka sent a video call to Shuji Ishikawa on his phone. Ohka asked Ishikawa if they could team up and challenge for the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Titles on 16th August. Ishikawa agreed to the idea. Ohka originally wanted Isami Kodaka or Minoru Fujita to be his partner but Kodaka is unavailable and Fujita turned him down.

It was a special return to the ring for Moeka Haruhi. She has been away from wrestling for over a year in order to donate a kidney to her sister. For her comeback match Haruhi was teaming up with Yusaku Ito, a wrestler who has received a kidney transplant. She was disappointed to lose the match but thanked Shuichiro Katsumura & YuuRI for protecting GanPro during her hiatus. She also thanked everyone for supporting her during this period especially when there were times she felt at her weakest. Today is the beginning of her second chapter and it will start with her joining GanPro on a full time basis! She promised the fans they next time they see her she will win her match.

Lately Yumehito Imanari has been over in ZERO1 competing in the Fire Festival tournament. As part of their relationship with GanPro, Imanari’s final block match against Satsuki Nagao was allowed to take place on this show. Imanari was able to win, ending his tournament run with two victories out of five matches and 10 points in total. Since he is the first wrestler in his block to complete all his matches and many are currently tied on 10 points he is unlikely to advance to the final. He compared fighting Nagao to fighting against Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani.

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GANBARE☆PRO “WILD GAMBLE 2024” Results

June 2, 2024

GANBARE☆PRO “WILD GAMBLE 2024”, 02/06/2024
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center
164 Fans

1. Hartley Jackson defeated Shota Kawakami with the Death Valley Bomb (5:20).
2. Banny Oikawa & Ayame Sasamura defeated HARUKAZE & YuuRI Sasamura pinned HARUKAZE with the Diving Foot Stomp (11:01).
3. Yumehito Imanari & Tatsuya Hanami defeated Keisuke Ishii & Tsuyoshi Okada when Imanari pinned Okada with the Power Bomb (9:03).
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title Next Challenger Time Staggered Battle Royal: Hong Kong International Police Man defeated Ken Ohka with the Project A (16:49).
Order Of Elimination: Tyson Maeguchi, Daisuke®️, Baliyan Akki, Minoru Fujita, Yuna Manase, Gabai Ji-chan and Ken Ohka.
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase defeated Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada (c) when Watase pinned Katsumura with the Running Elbow Butt (24:11).
*GROUND ABSOLUTE fails in V7. Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase become the 3rd Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions!

The dominant reign of GROUND ABSOLUTE is over! After six successful defences of the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles they have fallen to the former RENEGADES in their seventh defence. While Takuya Wada and Shigehiro Irie got into blows late in the match, it all came down to Mizuki Watase countering Shuichiro Katsumura’s Ninja Choke into a Brainbuster. Katsumura fired back with a Knee Strike but Watase hit him with Running Elbow Butts until he could pin the champion for the three count. Watase said he wanted to win the tag titles after watching GROUND ABSOLUTE beat Hentai Punch Drunkers for them at Ota Ward Gymnasium last July. Irie was the only partner he ever had in mind to team with because Irie has never abandoned him. He now wants to defend the titles ten times in a row. Irie said he had lost his confidence after failing to win back the wXw Unified World Title in Germany earlier this year so he put in a lot of effort today. He is happy to be a champion with somebody he trusts. Watase suggested they could do a full RENEGADES revival and bring back all of the other members.

The Battle Royal did in fact have more than the six wrestlers advertised taking part including Tyson Maeguchi and Minoru Fujita who both appealed on social media to be added to the match. Yuna Manase joined forces with Baliyan Akki for a little while because it was recently Akki’s birthday. Gabai Ji-chan took so long to walk down to the ring that Daisuke®️ made it in there before him despite being the next entrant after him. Choun-Shiryu went missing before the show and was replaced by Hong Kong International Police Man. The cop made it to the end of the match where he dodged Ken Ohka’s Spear, gave him the Chinese Gory Bomb and then pinned him with the Project A to become the No. 1 Contender for the Spirit Of Ganbare Title. After the match Keisuke Ishii said he has never interacted with Police Man until now and he’ll be honored to defend the title against him. However when he went to shake his hand, Police Man gave him a salute instead and left the ring.

On 27th July Ganbare☆Joshi will be co-hosting an all woman’s show with Triple Six as part of a tripleheader in Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR. One of the other shows on that day will be an all men’s show held that Ganbare☆Pro is holding by themselves. The first match announced is Ken Ohka Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Shota Kawakami in a battle between wrestlers born in three different decades.

Moeka Haruhi announced she will be teaming with Yusaku Ito from Dove Pro for her return match on 15th July. The reason is because Haruhi recently donated her kidney while Ito himself is a recipient of a kidney transplant.

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