Ganbare Pro finished off 2024 Friday with their last event of the year, finishing a year that saw them break away from DDT and become independent.
Friday’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can now be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 380, a full house/near sellout.
Before the event began, Shinichiro Tominaga, who has been out long-term due to injury, announced he will return at the next event.
Match 1: Yuuki Kanzaki & Daisuke* beat Tyson Maeguchi & Shodai Kawakami. Daisuke* pinned Kawakami with a fisherman’s buster.
Match 2; PSYCHO, YuuRI & Bunny Oikawa beat Chou-un SHiryu, Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE. YuuRI pinned HARUKAZE after a swanton bomb.
Match 3; Minoru Fujita & Isami Kodaka beat Ken Ohka & Munetatsu Nakamura. ? pinned Nakamura after a vertical drop brainbuster.
Match 4: MICHIKO beat Kitsune Women’s Wrestling World Champion Yuna Manase to win the title. MICHIKO becomes the 3rd Kitsune Women’s Wrestling World Champion. Manase could get a rematch as the next challenger as that will be determined on 1/13 in a match of Manase vs. YuuRI for the next title shot.
Match 5: Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Shigehiro Irie & Takuya Wada beat Hartley Jackson, Koki Iwasaki & Rekka. Wada pinned Rekka after Assault Point.
Match 6: Dick Togo (New Japan) beat Shuichiro Katsumura.
Main Event: Yumehito Imanari beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Keisuke Ishii to win the title. Imanari becomes the 8th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion.
As they stated today in a new year’s greeting, it was a tumultuous year for the promotion but a good year and they have plans for continued growth in 2025, including more events and a return to Korakuen Hall (that will happen on 4/12 for their 12th Anniversary event). While they likely won’t have any live event broadcasts available, WRESTLE UNIVERSE will continue to have on demand broadcasts of their events at some point after they take place so fans have a way to keep up with their happenings.
The next event, their first of 2025, is 1/13 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.
