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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.

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