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Ganbare Pro Wrestling has a major Sunday matinee coming up today, headlined by title matches for both the promotion’s titles. In the main event, Yumehito Imanari looks to bring the Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship back into the promotion’s home fold when he challenges Isami Kodaka, this just a day after Imanari announced he was leaving parent organization CyberFight Corporation and DDT but would still compete in Ganbare. In the other title match, the Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship will be defended by Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada against Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi. Other notable matches today include Ken OHka & Shota vs. Koji Doi & Kumaarashi, with the stip that the loser who takes the pinfall or submission also loses his hair, so somebody’s leaving bald or close to it. There’s also a Ganbare Women-Tokyo Joshi Pro special crossover tag match as Yuki Kamifuku & Suzume come over from TJPW but will be on opposing teams with YuuRI & Yoshiko Hasegawa, respectively.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will probably be no commentary. The longest the event could run with time limits is around 4 hours but it won’t go nearly that long-with 2 title matches I’ll estimate the running time will be around 2 1/4 hours.
On a side note, if you are a WRESTLE UNIVERSE subscriber be sure to look for the special 2nd Anniversary giveaway banner on the service. Starting now and for the rest of the year you can download 4 new smartphone wallpapers every 10 days, each featuring a wrestler from each of the CyberFight Group promotions. The first set features Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Hikari Noa (Tokyo Joshi Pro), Daisuke Sasaki (DDT) and Shuichiro Katsumura (Ganbare Pro) (I incorrectly said earlier it was Ken Ohka). You have until 10/9 at 6:59 PM PT/9:59 PM ET to download these before the second set is made available. They are FREE for members so don’t miss out!

Today’s lineup:
Riara vs. SAKI (for those unfamiliar with her this is not Saki Akai)
Keisuke Ishii, Munetatsu Nakamura & HARUKAZE vs. Takao Soma, Shinichiro Tominaga & Kaho Kobayashi
Yuki Kamifuku & YuuRI vs. Suzume & Yoshiko Hasegawa
Ken Ohka & Shota vs. Koji Doi & Kumaarashi. The loser who takes the pinfall or submission also loses his hair
Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada vs Hikaru Satoh & Tyson Maeguchi for the titles
Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Isami Kodaka vs. Yumehiro Imanari for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream has just launched as of this post.

7:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but without a major last-minute walkup the venue probably will be just under half full, so I’m predicting it’ll be between 200-250. The venue’s max capacity for wrestling is 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 269, a full house/near sellout)

The matches begin at 8:05 PM PT. Only hard camera view today.

Match 1: Riara vs. SAKI. 30 minute time limit
Result: SAKI beat Riara

Match 2: Keisuke Ishii, Munetatsu Nakamura & HARUKAZE vs. Takao Soma, Shinichiro Tominaga & Kaho Kobayashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Keisuke Ishii, Munetatsu Nakamura & HARUKAZE beat Takao Soma, Shinichiro Tominaga & Kaho Kobayashi. Nakamura pinned Tominaga.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku (Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling) & YuuRI vs. Suzume (Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling) & Yoshiko Hasegawa. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & YuuRI beat Suzume & Yoshiko Hasegawa. YuuRI pinned Hasegawa after a swanton bomb.

Match 4: Ken Ohka & Shota vs. Koji Doi & Kumaarashi. The loser who takes the pinfall or submission also loses his hair. No time limit
Result: Koji Doi & Kumaarashi beat Ken Ohka & Shota. Kumaarashi pinned Ohka after a diving senton. As a result, Ohka loses his hair.

Intermission. (As of 9:20 PM PT) The event will resume shortly.

The matches resume at 9:33 PM PT.

Match 5: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada vs Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi for the titles. 1 Hour time limit. Challengers already in the ring when we come back from break
Result: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions huichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada beat Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi to retain the titles. Wada beat Maeguchi with a modified armbar. V2 for the champs. (UPDATE: Next up: Nakamura & Ishii. That match will happen on 11/23)

Main Event: Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Isami Kodaka vs. Yumehiro Imanari for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Isami Kodaka beat Yumehito Imanari to retain the title. V3 for Kodaka. Next up: Looks like Shota. Challenge made post-match for what would likely be the main event of their year-ending event on 12/27 at Korakuen Hall. (UPDATE: It will happen on 11/23)

The next event is a Ganbare Women event on 10/22 at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast. That will be followed by a second Ganbare Women event on 11/1 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring with Saki Akai participation, which will stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The next main Ganbare event is 11/23 at Takashimadaira Community Center. There will be no live broadcast. 12/27 broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Korakuen I would expect it to stream live.

Ganbare Pro held a mini-event today as part of the Machida Kansai Pro Wrestling Festival in Tokyo, an outdoor event.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Machida GION Stadium Zelby Land Special in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

Because this was part of another event, the attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Shuichiro Katsumura beat Sotatsu Nakamura by submission.

Match 2: HARUKAZE & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Cherry & Riara. HARUKAZE pinned Riara after Flame Spear.

Match 3: Ken Ohka, Seiya Morohashi & Hiroya vs. Keisuke Ishii, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): Ken Ohka, Seita Morohashi & Hiroya beat Keisuke Ishii, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga. Ohka pinned Shota after Hanki Powerbomb.

The next vent is 8/6 at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo with two title matches. Broadcast plans TBA but right now it looks like there will be no live broadcast.

WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA 2, Ganbare Pro’s biggest event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 667.

Match 1: Masa Takanashi (DDT) beat Sotatsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Ayaha Takumi & Mio Momomo beat YuuRI & Tomoka Inaba. Takumi pinned YuuRI after Running 3.

Match 3: Sayaka Unagi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Riara. Afterwards, Unagi issued a Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship challenge to Mizuki Watase, assuming he retained the title today.

Match 4: Miyuki Takase beat Yoshiko Hasegawa.

Match 5: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma beat Akito (DDT), Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga. Ishii pinned Shota after Nail Kick.

Match 6: Hartley Jackson & KARUKAZE beat Ken Ohka & Kurashi, Tsuyoshi Okada & Yuki Kanzaki and Minoru Fujita & Daiki Shimomura in a 4-way elimination match, last eliminating Ohka/Kurashi. As a result, Jackson & HARUKAZE will be the next challengers for the Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship after today. Afterwards, Kurashi turned on Ohka and Irie joined in the beatdown of Ohka.

Match 7: El Lindaman (GLEAT) beat Yumehito Imanari.

Match 8: Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi to win the titles. Katsumura & Wada become the second Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions. Katsumura beat Maeguchi with Triple 3 3 Lock. Next up: Jackson/HARUKAZE per earlier. That will happen on TBA.

Main Event: Isami Kodaka beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Mizuki Watase to win the title. Kodaka becomes the 5th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion. So much for Unagi’s challenge I guess.

The next event is a Ganbare Women event on 7/15 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Ganbare Pro wrapped up the build to their annual biggest event of the year today with a house show dubbed “Ghost Hunters 2023”.

Today’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and while it is not yet available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, a late decision was made to stream it LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. It is now available on demand on the Ganbare Pro YouTube channel and can be watched below (the video below runs just over 2 hours, it should be on WRESTLE UNIVERSE sometime next week):

Results below.

The announced paid attendance was 92.

Match 1: Mizuki Watase beat Sotatsu Nakamura by submission.

Match 2: Haruka Umesaki beat Riara. Umesaki was chosen by Sayaka Unagi for this match.

Match 3: HARUKAZE & YuuRI beat Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaede Matsushita. YuuRI pinned Matsushita after a swanton bomb.

Match 4: Ken Ohka & Kurashi beat Keisuke Ishii & Shota. Kurashi pinned Shota after a diving senton.

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Shuichiro Katsumura, Minoru Fujita & Yuki Kanzaki beat Yumehito Imanari, Takao Soma & Tyson Maeguchi. Katsumura was the only winner left.

The next event is WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA 2, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, on 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English will begin on 7/8 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

In a series of Twitter posts earlier today, which I machine translated from Japanese, Moeka Haruhi (currently a freelancer who regularly competes in Ganbare Pro) announced that the scheduled operation to donate one of her kidneys to her sister has unfortunately been postponed near-last-minute. According to Haruhi’s post, a pre-surgery blood test showed her kidney function was declining and thus the surgery was cancelled. It was to have happened tomorrow. Her sister was discharged from the hospital as a result. Haruhi will be undergoing further testing to try and determine the cause of her deteriorating kidney function.

Haruhi had planned to return to wrestling after having the surgery and recovering, having recently stepped away from Ganbare after a series of farewell matches. There is no word now on her future plans except she will not make her regular appearance on a Japanese radio program this week.

You can read the thread below from Haruhi’s Twitter (hopefully there is a translate option for those who cannot read Japanese, there was for me in the app). Please keep Haruhi and her sister in your thoughts and hope there is a way for this to happen as Haruhi’s sister really needs this transplant to happen.

【ご報告です】

明日が腎移植手術の予定でしたが、今日の採血で私側の腎機能低下が判明し、今回は中止となりました。

姉は免疫抑制剤の服用を止め退院、私のみ入院を継続し、数値が悪化した原因を調べることになりました。

皆様から多大なるご支援をいただいていたのに大変申し訳ございません。

— 春日萌花(はるひもえか) (@MoekaHaruhi) June 19, 2023

Ganbare Pro is running their latest event today, which is Moeka Haruhi’s final appearance before she steps away to donate one of her kidneys to her sister in a potential life-saving operation. The full results are now below

Today’s event is being held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely some time next week). There is no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 131.

Match 1: Ken Ohka beat Yuki Kanzaki.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato beat Shinichiro Tominaga.

Match 3: Moeka Haruhi Farewell For Now Match: Moeka Haruhi, HARUKAZE & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Rina Amikura, YuuRi & Reala. Haruhi pinned YuuRI after a diving foot stomp. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Moeka Haruhi won a 15 person battle royal, last eliminating Reala.

Haruhi said her farewell for now after all this. But when she and her sister are healthy again, she (and possibly they) will be back. All the best wishes to Haruhi and her sister.

After this, Sayaka Unagi appeared. Unagi vs. Reala was added to 7/9 at Ota City General Gym.

Match 4: Takao Soma & Takuya Wada beat Shuichiro Katsumura & Shota. Wada pinned Katsumura.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase, Tyson Maeguchi & Takeshi Okada beat Keisuke Ishii, Yumehito Imanari & Illusion. Maeguchi pinned Imanari after a flying knee kick. Afterwards, Wada issued a Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship challenge with Katsumura as his partner.

The next event is a Ganbare Women event on 6/17 at GEN Sports Palace in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.

Ganbae Pro ran their monthly variety tripleheader in Tokyo today, this month it was Yumehito Imanari doing the middle wrestler-produced event among a regular event and wrestlers-produced finale.

All 3 events were held at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 62.
There were last-second changes to the event, namely the first match, due to no YuuRI. Sudden illness. Shota was the replacement.

Match 1: Moeka Haruhi & Reala beat Shota & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Haruhi pinned Hasegawa after a diving foot stomp.

Match 2: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma beat Hartley Jackson & Mitch Ryder. Soma pinned Ryder after Authorized Endless Waltz.

Match 3: Minoru Fujita & Daiki Shimomura beat Ken Ohka & Shota. Fujita beat Shota with a deformed Samson Clutch.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase, Shuichiro Katsumura & Yuki Kanzaki beat Yumehito Imanari, Tyson Maeguchi & Shinichiro Tominaga. Watase pinned Tominaga after Venetian.

Event 2 (Yumehito Imanari Produced):
The announced paid attendance was 81.
Match 1: Moeka Haruhi vs. Yumehito Imanari went to a 30 minute time limit draw. By producer’s decision, Haruhi wins.

Match 2: HARUKAZE won a Yumejin Poison Rumble battle royal, last eliminating both Takao Soma & Yuki Kanzaki.

Match 3: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shota beat Illusion & Sotatsu Nakamura. SShota pinned Nakamura.

Main Event: Yumehito Imanari Ganbare Pro 10th Anniversary Match: Ken Ohka & Keisuke Ishii beat Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga. Ishii pinned Imanari after a running double arm driver.

Event 3 (Wrestler group produced):
The announced paid attendance was 82.
Match 1: Shinichiro Tomianga & HARUKAZE beat Shota & Yoshiko Hasgawa. Shota pinned Tominaga after a moonsault press.

Match 2: Hong Kong International Policewoman beat Hong Kong International Policeman by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 3: In an Elimination Match, Ken Ohka, Keisuke Ishii & Shuichiro Katsumura beat Mizuki Watase, Takao Soma & Yumehito Imanari. Clean sweep, no winners eliminated.

Main Event: Isami Kodaka beat Sotatsu Nakamura. As a result, Kodaka will challenge Spirit Of Ganbare Openweight Champion Mizuki Watase for the title on 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo.

The next event is Saturday (Friday US time) at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. Streamers thrown by fans will be allowed only for Moeka Haruhi, a hint this might be her final event before she leaves wrestling to donate a kidney to her sister. Haruhi intends to return to wrestling after recovering from the process. There will be no live broadcast.