Ganbare Pro re-launches their Ganbare Joshi sub-label today with a small debut event featuring 4 matches. The launch is somewhat muted by the absence of top star Yuna Manase, who is out long-term due to injuries, but she may be in attendance and her younger sister Ami will debut as part of today’s event. There will also be a short exhibition match and a match provided by Chocolate Pro Wrestling (All Elite Wrestling star Emi Sakura’s currently owned promotion. The other handful of Ganbare regulars will be part of the event too except for HARUKAZE as will be former Tokyo Joshi Pro star Marika Kobashi, who has been working mainly as a freelancer since returning from a post-TJPW hiatus.
Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There likely will be no commentary. With only 4 matches and one being a quick exhibition match this will be a very short event and an easy watch, I anticipate the event’s running time will only be about an hour. Even if all the matches go the distance it’ll be over in well under 2 hours. (Including the post-main event promo it wound up running about 80 minutes)
Today’s lineup (in order):
Exhibition Match (5 Minutes): Reala vs. Moeka Haruhi
Chocolate Pro Wrestling Provided Match: Sayaka Obihiro vs. Chie Koishikawa
Ami Manase & Moeka Haruhi vs. Echika Miyabi & Marika Kobashi
YuuRI vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa
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Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT. The live stream is scheduled to launch 30 minutes before event time.
11:30 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event but it looks very close to full, indicating a solid walk-up crowd. Estimating around 200. It’s also a hard-camera-only video setup.
Match 1: Exhibition Match: Reala vs. Moeka Haruhi. 5 minute time limit
Result: While there is no winner or loser because it was an exhibition match, Moeka Haruhi technically won with one submission.
Yuna Manase comes out to address the crowd. She’s walking with one crutch as she recovers from injury. She announced she has been named Ganbare Manager.
Match 2: Chocolate Pro Wrestling Provided Match: Sayaka Obihiro vs. Chie Koishikawa. 30 minute time limit
Result: Sayaka Obihiro beat Chie Koshikawa
Match 3: Ami Manase Debut Match: Ami Manase & Moeka Haruhi vs. Echika Miyabi & Marika Kobashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ami Manase & Moeka Haruhi beat Echika Miyabi & Marika Kobashi. Manase pinned Miyabi after a diving senton.
Quick break for ring cleaning. Brief minor stream issues here but only for a few seconds. Winds up stretching to just over 5 minutes for ring repairs/maintenance.
Main Event: YuuRI vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 30 minute time limit
Result: YuuRI beat Yoshiko Hasegawa
The next event is 4/22 at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo for the monthly tripleheader. There likely will be no live broadcasts.
UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 154.
