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Ganbare Pro ran what is now becoming a regular monthly tripleheader earlier today, consisting of a regular event, a wrestler-produced event (today it was Mizuki Watase’s turn) and a players association-produced event.

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 70.

Match 1: Takao Soma beat Sotatsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi beat YuuRI.

Match 3: Keisuke Ishii, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Hartley Jackson, Takuya Wada & Yumehito Imanari. Shota pinned Imanari with a jackknife.

Main Event: Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship Tournament: Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi beat Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura. Sato pinned Ohka.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 79.

Match 1: Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi beat Shinichiro Tominaga & Sotatsu Nakamura. Katsumura pinned Nakamura.

Match 2: Takao Soma beat YuuRI & Ken Ohka in a 3-way by pinning YuuRI.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson beat HARUKAZE.

Main Event: Keisuke Ishii & Tyson Maeguchi beat Mizuki Watase & Yukio Sakaguchi (DDT). Ishii pinned Watase after a high-angle double arm DDT.

Event 3:
The announced paid attendance was 81.

Match 1: Daiki Shimomura beat Sotatsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Rina Amikura & YuuRI beat Moeka Haruhi & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Amikura pinned Hasegawa after a diving senton.

Match 3: In an Elimination Match, Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Keisuke Ishii beat Mizuki Watase, Shinichiro Tominaga & Yuki Kanzaki. Ohka was the only winner left.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship Tournament: Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yumehito Imanari beat Shota & Takao Soma. Takaiwa pinned Shota after an avalanche Death Valley Bomb. As a result, Takawiwa & Imanari will face Sato & Maeguchi at an upcoming event for the titles and the winners will be the inaugural champions.

The next event is 4/1 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama for the Ganbare Joshi Relaunch. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event today as they continue ro prepare for an upcoming tournament to crown the inaugural Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Tram Champions.

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 117.

Match 1: Takuya Wada beat Sotetsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi & Asahi beat HARUKAZE & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Asahi pinned Hasegawa after Chanmaru Boy.

Match 3: Miyuki Takase beat YuuRI.

Match 4: Tyson Maeguchi beat Shinichiro Tominaga.

Match 5: Shota beat Takao Soma.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase, Shuichiro Katsumura & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Ken Ohka, Keisuke Ishii & Yumehito Imanari. Takaiwa pinned Imanari after Death Valley Bomb.

The next event is a tripleheader on 3/25 at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo. There likely will be no live broadcasts.

Ganbare Pro ran a tripleheader today, repeating an effort they first did last month as each event had a different theme.

Today’s events were all 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 68.

Match 1: Ken Ohka beat Sotatsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Takao Soma & YuuRI beat Shota & Yoshiko Hasegawa. YuuRI pinned Hasegawa.

Match 3: Yasu Urano beat Tyson Maeguchi.

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Keisuke Ishii, Shinichiro Tominaga & Yumehito Imanari beat Mizuki Watase, Shuichiro Kawamatsu & Takuya Wada. Tominaga was the only winning team member left.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 66.

Match 1: Yasu Urano beat Sotatsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Rina Amikura beat YuuRI.

Match 3: In a Secret Captains Fall Elimination Match, Mizuki Watase, Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE beat Ken Ohka, Shinichiro Tominaga & Moeka Haruhi. Watase & Tominaga were captains and the last two left, when Watase beat Tominaga by ref stoppage (TKO).

Main Event: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma beat Shota & Shuichiro Katsumura. Soma pinned Shota after Authorized Endless Waltz.

Event 3 (Players Produced Event):
The announced paid attendance was 89.

Match 1: Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE beat Kentaru Hachisu & Moeka Haruhi. Imanari pinned Havhisu after a Thesz Press.

Match 2: It was to have been YuuRI vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Hong Kong International Policeman in a 3-way but things changed. Which led to…
Match 2: Hong Kong International Women’s Police and Hong Kong Domestic Policewoman beat Hong Kong International Policemman in a 3-way by double pinfall. Comedy match.

Match 3: Keisuke Ishii & Shinichiro Tominaga vs. Ken Ohka & Shota went to a double countout. Which led to…
Keisuke Ishii & Shinichiro Tominaga vs. Ken Ohka & Shota went to a Double KO. Draw.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase, Takuya Wada & Yuki Kanzaki beat Shuichiro Katsumura, Tyson Maeguchi & Sotatsu Nakamura. Watase pinned Nakamura after a vertical drop brainbuster.

The next event is Saturday at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo with a Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship match of Watase vs. Tominaga for the title. There will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare Pro ran a special tripleheader of house shows today, beginning with a morning matinee as a regular event, followed by a mid-afternoon Shuichiro Katsumura Produced event and finally an evening wrestler-produced evevnt.

Today’s events were held at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There were no live broadcasts.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 75.

Match 1: Young Ganbare Cup: Yuki Kanzaki beat Sotatsu Nakamura by submission.

Match 2: Young Ganbare Cup: Kentaro Hachisu beat Yumehito Imanari.

Match 3: Yuna Manase beat Yoshiko Hasegawa.

Match 4: Takao Soma, Shinichiro Tominaga & HARUKAZE beat Keisuki Ishii, Shota & Yuuri. Soma pinned Shota after a reverse Gory Special Bomb.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase & Taison Maeguchi beat Ken Ohka & Tanomusaku Toba. Watase pinned Toba after an elbow butt.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 79.

Match 1: In a 3-man grappling match series, Shuichiro Katsumura went 2-0-1 as follows:
Katsumura beat Sotatsu Nakamura.
Katsumura beat HARUKAZE.
Katsumura vs. HARASHIMA (DDT) went to a 5 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yumehito Imanari, Shinichiro Tominaga & Moeka Haruhi beat Ken Ohka, Maori Kawashima & Yuuri. Haruhi pinned Yuuri after 79.5MHz.

Match 3: Takuya Wada beat Hong Kong International Policemen by ref stoppage in just 26 seconds. Which led to…
Takuya Wada beat Hong Kong International Policeman by submission.

Main Event: HARASHIMA, Mizuki Watase & Keisuke Ishii beat Shuichiro Katsumura, Takeshi Okada & Taison Maeguchi. HARASHIMA pinned Okada after Blue Sword.

Event 3:
The announced paid attendance was 92, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Young Ganbare Cup; Yumehito Imanari beat Yuki Kanzaki by submission.

Match 2: Young Ganbare Cup: Kentaro Hachisu vs. Sotatsu Nakamura went to a double countout.

Match 3: Moeka Haruhi & Itsuki Aoki beat Yuna Manase & Yuuri. Aoki pinned Yuuri after a frog splash.

Match 4: Young Ganbare Cup Finals: Yumehito Imanari beat Kentaro Hachisu to win the tournament. Of course the veteran and part of those deplorable Pheromones wins.

Main Event: In a survival elimination tag team match (eliminations by pinfall, submission, over the top rope), where the first team to be left with only one man remaining loses, Keisuke Ishii, Shota, Shinichiro Tominaga & Hartley Jackson beat Mizuki Watase, Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Takao Soma. Order of elimination: Katsumura, Soma, Ohka, Shota, Jackson, either Watase or Ohka. Because the Watase team had only one man left at that point, they could not continue and thus lost. The match in total went over 46 minutes.

The next event is 2/23 with another tripleheader. Broadcast plans TBA.

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.