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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.

Ganbare Pro ran their final event of 2022 today, a major event dubbed “GIRI GIRI CHOP! 2022” featuring a but of everything-a debut, a return, a farewell and a title match main event.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. The opposite-hard camera side where the monitor(s) is/are was completely closed so it’s probably going to be low.

There were several major opening announcements including launching a separate women’s operation, a Young Ganbare Cup and an Ota City major event on 7/9/23.

Match 1: Sotatsu Nakamura Debut Match: Shinichiro Tominaga beat Sotatsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku & YuuRI beat Suuzme & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Kamifuku pinned Hasegawa after Fameasser.

Match 3: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari vs. Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino went to a No Contest. Ref assault.

Match 4: Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE beat Nao Ishikawa, Yuki Mashiro & Kaede Matsushita (Ice Ribbon). Manase pinned Ishikawa after a short range lariat.

Match 5: Shota Return Match: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shota beat Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie. Shota pinned Soma after a frog splash.

Match 6: Takaaki Iwasaki Farewell Match: Keisuke Ishii beat Takaaki Iwasaki.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase beat Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Hartley Jackson to win the title. Watase becomes the 4th Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion.

Their first event of 2023 is 1/5 at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: They didn’t announce attendance.

Ganbare Pro ran their penultimate event of the year today, dubbed “Death to Tokimeki”, representing the final build to their big year-ending event towards the end of the month.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 113.

Match 1; Shinichiro Tominaga & HARUKAZE beat Yuki Kanzaki & Yoshiko Hasegawa. HARUKAZE pinned Hasegawa after Flame Spear.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi beat YuuRI.

Match 3: Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase beat Kentaro Hachisu & Echika Miyabi. Manase pinned Miyabi.

Match 4: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Takshi Okada beat Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Tyson Maeguchi. Katsumura beat Ishii with Triple 3 Lock.

Main Event: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase beat Hartley Jackson & Seiya Morohashi. Watase pinned Morohashi after an elbow butt.

The next event is “GIRI GIRI CHOP!” 2022 on 12/27 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with Jackson-Watase for the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. English commentary will be available for this event.

Ganbare Pro ran their second event of the month today, continuing the build to their year-end major event at the end of December.

Today’s event was held at 2AW Square in Chiba and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 84.

Match 1; Moeka Haruhi beat Yoshiko Hasegawa.

Match 2: YuuRI beat HARUKAZE.

Match 3: Takao Soma & Tyson Maeguchi beat Shuichiro Katsumura & Shinichiro Tominaga. Soma pinned Tominaga with a rollup.

Match 4: Yuna Manase beat Echika Miyabi.

Sotatsu Nakamura, a trainee in the DDTeeeeeen project for teenage (under-18) prospective wrestlers, was introduced. He will debut on 12/27 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Match 5: Keisuke Ishii & Takaaki Iwasaki beat Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari. Ishii pinned Imanari after a double handed TURBO driver.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson & Seiya Morohashi beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Mizuki Watase. Jackson pinned Watase after a jumping piledriver.

The next event is “Death to Tokimeki 2022” on 12/3 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama .Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM ET/midnight PT.

Ganbare Pro Wrestling is running their monthly big show today, headlined by a Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship match. It’s been almost exclusively held by outsiders, with current champion Hartley Jackson being from Australia (prior champion Yumehito Imanari doesn’t count in my book, he is from parent group DDT when he breaks away from those deplorable Pheromons to appear on Ganbare). After turning back the valiant challenge of Gambare Joshi flagbearer Yuna Manase, Jackson today defends against Shuichiro Katsumura, who will try to become the 4th champion in history and first true Ganbare wrestler to hold the title.

Of note for US fans-All Elite Wrestling’s Willow Nightingale, who made her Japan debut last week in Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, is featured in a women’s tag team match today as she continues her inaugural Japan tour. It started off well in TJPW and today she’ll be facing off against Manase.

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. It’s a midday matinee in Japan meaning a late-night start in the US. If you’re giving up sleep post-AEW to watch I anticipate the event runtime will be around 2 hours. Nightingale is to be in the second match.

Today’s lineup:
Tsuyoshi Okada vs. Yuki Kanzaki
Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs Willow Nightingale & Moeka Haruhi
Ken Ohka & YuuRI vs. Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE
Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma vs. Mizuki Watase & Toui Kojima
Koki Iwasaki vs. Shinichiro Tominaga
Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Hartley Jackson vs. Shuichiro Katsumura for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

11 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream will launch at 11:15 PM ET/8:15 PM ET. Normally it starts 30 minutes prior to events but today it will be 15 minutes.
8:15 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream has launched. Updates below will begin in about 15 minutes.
11:30 PM ET UPDATE: Live results begin now.

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.
The opening greeting & start shout is being done by HARUKAZE & Shuichiro Kawamatsu.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. This is a very small venue and the crowd is still tiling in but around ringside it looks close to full so I’ll predict it’ll be around 200. The venue’s max capacity is about 300. Also this is a hard-camera only setup so you’ll have that “being at a house show” feeling.

Match 1: Tsuyoshi Okada vs. Yuki Kanzaki. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tsuyoshi Okada beat Yuki Kanzaki by submission

Match 2: Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs Willow Nightingale (All Elite Wrestling) & Moeka Haruhi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Willow Nightingale & Moeka Haruhi beat Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Nightingale pinned Hasegawa after Doctor Bomb. Fun match with a solid performance by Nightingale. Manase & Nightingale had a good hoss fight sequence and would make a great single match.

Match 3: Ken Ohka & YuuRI vs. Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE beat Ken Ohka & YuuRI. HARUKAZE pinned YuuRI after Flame Spear.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma vs. Mizuki Watase & Toui Kojima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki Watase & Toui Kojima beat Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma. Watase pinned Soma after a backdrop suplex.

Intermission. If this is in the replay you can skip 15 minutes ahead.

We resume at 12:50 AM ET/9:50 PM PT.

Match 5: Koki Iwasaki Send-Off Match: Koki Iwasaki vs. Shinichiro Tominaga. 30 minute time limit
Result: Koki Iwasaki beat Shinichiro Tominaga.

Main Event: Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Chanpion Hartley Jackson vs. Shuichiro Kawamatsu for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Hartley Jackson beat Shuichiro Kawamatsu to retain the title. V2 for Jackson.

The next event is 11/19 at 2AW Square in Chiba. There likely will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 167.

Next up for Jackson: Watase. That match will happen on 12/27 at Korakuen Hall.

Ganbare Pro ran a small house show event today, representing the final build to their next event and the next Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship match.

Today’s event was held at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 84, a legit sellout. Remember it’s a VERY SMALL venue.

Match 1: Yumehito Imanari beat Yuki Kanzaki.

Match 2: Tyson Maeguchi beat Mizuki Watase by KO.

Match 3: In a Secret Captains Fall Elimination Match with over the top rope rules, where the match ended immediately when/if a captain was eliminated, Shinichiro Tominaga, HARUKAZE, Yuna Mizumori & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Takao Soma, Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI. The captains were Tominaga & YuuRI. Order of elimination: Hasegawa by Manase, Haruhi by Tominaga, Soma by Tominaga, HARUKAZE by Manase, Mizumori by Manase, YuuRI by Tominaga. Because YuuRI was the captain, her team loses even though Manase was never eliminated.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii beat Ken Ohka.

Main Event: Shuichiro Katsumura & Takaaki Iwasaki beat Hartley Jackson & Seiya Morohashi. Katsumura beat Morohashi with Triple 3 Lock.

The next event is 11/3 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama with Jackson-Katsumura for the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship and Iwasaki’s final match in the promotion (expiring contract). Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 11/2 at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event today, headlined by a Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship as Yuna Manase attempted to bring the title back from the grip of outsiders and also become a rare female champion holding a non-women’s title.

Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 120, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Koki Iwasaki beat Yuki Kanzaki.

Match 2: Nightshade, Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE beat Ram Kaichow, YuuRI & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Nightshade pinned YuuRI after Lights Out.

Match 3: Ken Ohka beat Daichi Kazato.

Match 4: Shuichiro Katsumura & Tanomusaku Toba beat Keisuke Ishii & Yumehito Imanari. Katsumura beat Imanari with Triple 1 Lock.

Match 5: Takao Soma & Mizuki Watase beat Shinichiro Tominaga & Baliyan Akki. Soma pinned Tominaga after Authorized Endless Waltz.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Hartley Jackson beat Yuna Manase to retain the title. V1 for Jackson. Next up: Katsumura. That match will happen on 11/3 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama.

The next event is 10/22 at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Iwasaki has announced he is leaving the promotion at the end of the year and will become a freelancer. His contract will expire at that time. His last match in the promotion will be 12/27 at Korakuen Hall vs. Keisuke Ishii.

Ganbare Pro ran a split doubleheader today of two separate events just a few hours apart.

Today’s 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 72, a full house/near sellout. This is a very small venue.
Match 1: Shuichiro Katsumura beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2: Yumehito Imanari, Yuna Manase & YuuRI beat Ken Ohka, Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE. Manase pinned HARUKAZE after Suzuki Dynamic.

Match 3: Takao Soma beat Yuki Kanzaki.

Match 4: Jun Masaoka beat Shinichiro Tominaga by submission.

Main Event: Takaaki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase beat Keisuke Ishii & Tyson Maeguchi. Watase pinned Maeguchi after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 85, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Keisuke Ishii beat Toui Kojima.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE beat Miyuki Takase & Yoshiko Hasegawa. HARUKAZE pinned Hasegawa after Haruichiban.

Match 3: Yuna Manase beat YuuRI.

Match 4: Takaaki Iwasaki & Yuki Kanzaki beat Shuichiro Kawamatsu & Shinichiro Tominaga. Iwasaki pinned Tominaga with a backdrop hold.

Main Event; Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari beat Takao Soma & Mizuki Watase. Ohka pinned Watase after a spear.

The next event is 10/2 at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo with Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Hartley Jackson vs. Yuna Manase for the title. At this time there is no live broadcast scheduled.

Ganbare Pro ran an event after Tokyo Joshi Pro today, headlined by a Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship match as Yumehito Imanari defended against Hartley Jackson.

Today’s event was held at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNVIERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 118.

Match 1: Ksieuke Ishii beat Yuki Kanzaki.

Match 2: Yuna Manase & YuuRI beat Moeka Haruhi & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Manase pinned Hasegawa after Suzuki Dynamic.

Match 3: In a hardcore match, Shigehiro Irie & Akane Fujita beat Mizuki Watase & HARUKAZE. Irie pinned Watase after an avalanche Samoan Drop onto a chair.

Match 4: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Takaki Iwasaki beat Takao Soma, Shinichiro Tominaga & Jun Masaoka. Katsumura pinned Tominaga.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Yumehito Imanari to win the title. Jackson becomes the 3rd Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion. Next up: Yuna Manase. That will happen on 10/2 at Itabashi Green Hall. Can she bring the title back home to GanPro now that it has been wrestled away from those despicable Pheromons, albeit by another outsider?

The next event is 9/23 at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.