Ganbare Pro ran their first event as an independent promotion Saturday, having separated from CyberFight Corporation and DDT.
Saturday’s event was held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 294, a legit sellout.
There were last-minute changes to the event due to Munetatsu Nakamura being off the card. Illness.
Match 1: Mizuki Watase & Rekka beat Tyson Maeguchi & Tsuyoshi Okada. Watase pinned Okada after Venetian.
Match 2: Shinichiro Tominaga beat Takuya Wada.
Match 3: PSYCHO, Yuna Manase & YuuRI beat Minoru Fujita, Sayaka Unagi & HARUKAZE. YuuRI pinned HARUKAZE after a swanton bomb.
Intermission. During this were several announcements, the biggest one being that Moeka Haruhi will return on 7/15. She has been out about a year due to being a living kidney donor for her sister. Shodai Kawakami, a trainee, will have his Debut Match on 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. On 7/27, a male wrestlers-only event and a joint women’s event with 666 will be held. The 7/27 event will be at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo.
Match 4: Yumehiro Imanari & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Ken Ohka & Fuminori Abe. Imanari pinned Ohka after a lariat.
Main Event: Keisuke Ishii beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champions Shuichiro Katsumura to win the title. Ishii becomes the 7th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion. Next up: Koki Iwasaki. That match will happen on 5/18.
The next event is 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. It’s not yet known if there will be a live broadcast but if not, it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.