Ganbare Pro Wresting kicked off their 2023 today with a big event headlined by a Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship match and the beginning of their efforts to expand their women’s division.
Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 127, a legit sellout. No word on of vocal cheering was allowed as this was just over half of what DDT drew earlier in the day.
During the opening announcements, they introduced the Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship and announced two Korakuen Hall events for this year: 5/5 and 12/27. More on the tag team titles as it becomes available.
Match 1: Young Ganbare Cup: Yumehito Imanari beat Sotetsu Nakamura.
Match 2: Riko Kawabata beat YuuRI.
Match 3: Yoong Ganbare Cup: Kentaro Hachisu beat Yuki Kanzaki.
Match 4: Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE beat Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Haruhi pinned Hasegawa after Haruichiban.
Match 5: In an Elimination Match, Ken Ohka, Shigehiro Irie, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Shuichiro Katsumura, Keisuke Isbii, Takao Soma & Hartley Jackson. Tominaga was the only person left., last eliminatinf Jackson.
Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Mizuki Watase beat Taison Maeguchi by TKO (elbow strike) to retain the title. V1 for Watase.
The next event is a tripleheader on 1/28 at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo, first is a regular event, second is a Shuichiro Katsumura Produced event, third is a Gambare Players Association Event. At this time broadcast plans are TBA for all events.
