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In a breaking news post on parent DDT’s website, Ganbare Pro has announced that Shota, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara will be leaving the promotion at the end of March. All will remain active as freelancers. Their final Ganbare matches will be on 3/28. Shota is the most experiences of the trio at 5 years while Hasegawa has a couple years and Riara is a rookie, the ladies have been featured in Ganbare Joshi.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Just after this was posted, I learned the promotion also announced that after 3/28, it will separate from CyberFight Corporation and operate as an independent promotion. That likely means no more WRESTLE UNIVERSE connections for ticket presales or event broadcasts. Ken Ohka will oversee the operations of the promotion. Also, effective tomorrow (2/1) Shinichiro Tominaga will join the promotion as a member and be part of 2 promotions, along with Yumehuto Imanari who has affiliated himself with Ibushi Pro Wresting since leaving DDT.

The promotion’s first independent events will be 4/27 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, 6/2 and 7/15 at Takashimadaira Community Center. Notably gone it seems if their annual Golden Week event in early May at Korakuen Hall, which had been their biggest event of the year.

Ganbare Pro ran their first house show of the year following their year-opening major event today, but still a mid-major with a title match main event.

Today’s event was held at 176BOX in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 147.

There was a last-minute change to the first match due to Munetatsu Nakamura being pulled off the event. Potential fever. Yuni (DDT) was the replacement.

Match 1: Keisuke Ishii & Shota beat Yuni & Illusion (DDT). Ishii pinned Illusion after a double-handed driver.

Match 2: Momoka Hanazono beat Riara.

Match 3: Bunny Oikawa & YuuRI beat HARUKAZE & Yoshiko Hasegawa. YuuRI pinned Hasegawa.

Match 4: Tsuyoshi Okada beat Shinichiro Tominaga.

Match 5: Yumehito Imanari & Tyson Maeguchi beat Takao Soma & Mizuki Watase. Maeguchi pinned Watase after I’ll Be Happy To Help You (tentative).

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada beat HARASHIMA (DDT) & Ken Ohka to retain the titles. Wada pinned Ohka after Twister. V4 for the champs. Since no potential challengers came out post-match, Wada instead made a potential challenge to Katsumura for the Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship. UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 2/23.

The next event is 2/23. at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Broadcast plans TBA.
The next 2 scheduled events are Ganbare Women events, with the first one being on 1/116 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Ganbare Pro opened their 2024 today with an event held opposite Tokyo Dome (yes, at the same time).

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

The announced paid attendance was 157, a full house/near sellout. It’s a very small venue, their max capacity for wrestling is roughly 200.

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaede Matsushita beat YuuRI & Riara. Hasrgawa beat Riara with a muffler hold.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & HARUKAZE beat Shigehiro Irie & Bunny Oikawa. HARUKAZE beat Oikawa after Wind Spear.

Match 3: Yuni (DDT) beat Munetatsu Nakamura & Illusion (DDT) in a 3-way by pinning Nakamura.

Match 4: Shota, Takao Soma & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Keisuke Ishii, Yumehito Imanari & Mizuki Watase. Tominaga pinned Ishii after a moonsault press.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Chanpion Shuichiro Katsumura beat Ken Ohka to retain the title. V1 for Katsumura.

The next event is Saturday (tomorrow US time) at 176BOX in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

The final (and final annual) Ganbare Pro blowout event of the year, BAD COMMUNICATION ’23, is now in the books.

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

The announced paid attendance was 603. They used a reduced capacity setup with the opposite-hard camera bleacher seating completely closed off and used as the entrance ramp area.

The opening start call was delivered by Moeka Haruhi, who is recovering from donating a kidney to her younger sister as life-saving treatment. Haruhi will return to competing when she is fully recovered acleared.

Match 1: KO-D Tag Team Champions Takao Soma & Shota beat Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie to retain the titles. Shota pinned Ishii with Gannosuke Clutch. V3 for the champs. Next up: Ken Ohka & HARASHIMA. That match may happen on 1/6.

Match 2: Makoto, HARUKAZE & Bunny Oikawa beat Sumire Natsu, YuuRI & Riara. HARUKAZE pinned Riara after Flame Spear.

Match 3: Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Arisu Endo (Tokyo Joshi Pro).

Match 4: Yuko Miyamoto beat Munetatsu Nakamura.

Match 5: In a GanPro vs. GLEAT elimination match with over the top rope elimination rules in effect, Yumehito Imanari, Takuya Wada, Mizuki Watase, Shinichiro Tominaga & Tyson Maeguchi beat Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka, Takanori Ito, Check Shimatani & Jun Tonsho. Order of elimination: Tominaga by Hayashi, Tonsho by Watase, Maeguchi by Ito, Ito by Imanari & Watase, Watase by Tanaka, Tanaka & Wada simultaneously, Shimatani by Imanari, Hayashi by Imanari. Imanari is the only one left, GanPro wins.

Match 6: Ken Ohka beat Kuma Arashi.

Main Event: Shuichiro Katsumura beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Isami Kodaka to win the title. Katsumura becomes the 6th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion. Next up: Ohka. That may happen on 1/4 although that card has been finalized already. Then perhaps a KO-D Tag Team Championship match 2 days later. The Landlord looking for lots of gold.

The next event, their first of 2024, is 1/4 at Itabashi Green Hall. Broadcast plans TBA but note they will be running opposite Tokyo Dome.

UPDATE: After the event, Yuna Manase announced on the socials that she will return on 2/23. She has been out most of this year due to injury.

UPDATE 2: Both Ohka title matches hinted at above are now official.

Ganbare Pro ran their regular monthly event today, getting ready for a major year-ending all-out showdown with GLEAT next month.

Today’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center 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 220, a full house/near sellout.

It was announced at the beginning that their year-ending event on 12/27 at Korakuen Hall will be an all-out battle with GLEAT. Specifically, there will be at least a tag match with Yumehiro Imanari confirmed for the GanPro side.

Match 1; SAKI (Independent/Freelancer) & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat YuuRi & Riara. SAKI beat Riara with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 2: Yumehito Imanari beat Trans Am*Hiroshi.

Match 3: Dan The Dad, Tyson Maeguchi & Bunny Oikawa beat Takao Soma, SHinichiro Tominaga & HARUKAZE. Dad pinned Tominaga after Your Granded. (Dan The Dad is an independent wrestler from the US)

Match 4: Koji Doi & Arashi beat Ken Ohka & Mizuki Watase. Doi pinned Watase. Afterwards, Ohka requested a match against Arashi on 12/27. If Arashi wins, he gets shots at both Ganbare Pro championships. Also announced after this for 12/27 was Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Arisu Endo (Tokyo Joshi Pro).

Match 5: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada beat Keisuke Ishii & Munetatsu Nakamura to retain the titles. Katsumura beat Nakamura with Triple Three 3 Lock. V3 for the champs.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Isami Kodaka beat Shota to retain the title. V4 for Kodaka. Next up: Katsumura. That match will happen on 12/27.

The next event is 12/15 at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo for a Ganbare Women event. Broadcast plans TBA.

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.