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Ganbare Pro 10/22/22 Results

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 10/2/22 Results (Updated)

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 9/23/22 Results (2 Events)

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.

DDT 9/14/22 News (Updated)

Time for a roundup of recent DDT news:
This past weekend in JCW in the US, DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela successfully defended the title against Beastman in a Body Slam Challenge match. The rule was the first to successfully bodyslam your opponent wins, and Janela managed that. V3 for Janela. Video of the entire event may be available on the Game Changer Wrestling YouTube channel (it was a free livestream).
Former AEW Women's World Champion Riho will be part of Tokyo Joshi Pro's major WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 event on 10/9 at Tokyo Dome City Hall. This is expected to be TJPW's biggest event of the year, although a case can be made for GRAND PRINCESS in March when they ran Ryogoku Kokugikan for the first time.
Ganbare has announced two new events for November-an 11/3 holiday matinee at Yokohama Radiant Hall (11/2 US time) and 11/19 at 2AW Square in Chiba.
The full card for DDT on 10/8 in Chiba was announced and is headlined by a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match and two DDT-ONLY WE crossover tag matches. One is an intergender tag of Shunma Katsumata & Saki Akai vs. Hibiscus Mii & Kaji Tomato.

UPDATE: AEW star Abadon, previously announced for the 9/16 TJPW event, is now off that event. Visa issues. She was to have faced Moka Miyamoto. Mei Suruga is the replacement. Refunds will be offered. Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh will also miss the event. Both are on another international excursion.

Ganbare Pro 9/3/22 Results

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.

Ganbare Pro 8/27/22 Results

Ganbare Pro had an outdoor event scheduled that was weather permitting, and it went on as planned. This event was held in a special setting located at an open-air shopping center that was free to attend.

Today’s event was held at Tokorozawa Park Town Shopping Street in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRSETLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced attendance was 389. Admission was free.

Match 1: Yumehito Imanari & Tysin maeguchi beat Gota Ihashi & Takaaki Iwasaki. Imanari pinned Ihashi after a lariat.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi, HARUKAZE & Cherry beat Yuna Manase, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kakeru Sekiguchi. Haruhi pinned Hasegawa after 79.5MHz. Cheery was a late replacement for YuuRI, who misse the event due to a hand injury.

Match 3: Aja Kong & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Shota & Takao Soma. Kong pinned Shota after a backfist.

Main Event: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Keisuke Ishii beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Mizuki Watase & SAGAT. Ishii pinned Watase after Nail Kick.

The next event is 9/3 at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo with Imanari vs. Hartley Jackson for the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship. There will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare Pro 8/21/22 Results

Ganbare Pro ran a small house show today dubbed “Sangalia 2022” that was preceded by the signing ceremony for the upcoming Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship on 9/3. The ceremony, held separately from the event at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo, it saw Champion Yumehito Imanari & Challenger Hartley Jackson get heated after much beer-themed (and fueled?) taunting.

Today’s event was held at Takashimidaira Community Center 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 114.

Match 1: MAO (DDT) & HARUKAZE beat Onryo & YuuRI. HARUKAZE pinned YuuRI after Flame Spear.

Match 2: Yuna Manase & Moeka Haruhi beat Nao Kakuta (Tokyo Joshi Pro) & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Manase pinned Hasegawa.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson beat Shinichiro Tominaga.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii beat Shota.

Main Event: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Takao Soma (DDT) beat Takaaki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase & Tsunehiro Shimatani. Ohka pinned Shimatani after Flame Spear.

Imanari, currently out due to injury, appeared post-main event.

The next event is Saturday at Tokorozawa Park Town Shopping Street Special in Saitama, a free outdoor event. This event is weather permitting and subject to cancellation in the event of severe weather. If it is held as planned, there will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare Pro 8/13/22 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their latest big event, ULTRA SOUL 2022, today, headlined by the 30th Anniversary of Tatsuhito Takaiwa’s debut and another attempt to wrest the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship from the control of DDT’s Tumehito Imanari.

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

The announced paid attendance was 313.

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa Ganbare Debut Match: Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI beat Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Haruhi pinned Hasegawa after 79.5MHz.

Match 2: hartley Jackson & Max The Impaler beat Mizuki Watase & Tyson Maeguchi. Jackson pinned Maeguchi after a jumping piledriver.

Match 3: HARUKAZE 5th Anniversary Match: Makoto beat HARUKAZE.

Match 4; Takao Soma beat Shota.

Match 5: Tatsuhito Takaiwa 30th Anniversary Match: Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura beat Keisuke Ishii, Koki Iwasaki & Shinichiro Tominaga. Takaiwa pinned Tominaga after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Yumehito Imanari beat Shigehiro Irie by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V2 for Imanari. Next up: Jackson.

The next event is 8/21 at Takashimadara Community Center in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT & Ganbare Pro 7/30/22 Results

DDT & Ganbare Pro ran a split doubleheader in Osaka today, both at the same venue with DDT running first then Ganbare had their event a couple hours later.

Today’s events were held at 176BOX in Osaka and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast for either event.
DDT:
The announced paid attendance was 235, a full house/near sellout.

During the opening announcements, Konosuke Takeshita announced, via recorded message, a 10th Anniversary event on 9/10.

Match 1: Yukio Sakaguchi beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Toru Owashi & Takao Soma went to a no contest. GM Imabayashi interference.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Yuuske Okada & The Bodyguard beat Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Bodyguard beat Ishida with Rising Dragon.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Akito & Antonio Honda. KANON beat Honda with Just Cobra Twist.

Match 5: HARASHIMA & Gamma beat Yuki Ueno & Makoto Oishi. HARASHIMA pinned Oishi with a crucifix.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuya Koroku.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat MAO & Shunma Katsumata. Yoshimura pinned Katsumata after a throwaway powerbomb.

The next event is 8/6 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare:
The announced paid attendance was 109.

Match 1: Cherry beat YuuRI.

Match 2: Shuichiro Katsumura, Tsuyoshi Okada & HARUKAZE beat MAO, Tyson Maeguchi & Yuna Manase. Katsumura pinned Maeguchi.

Match 3: Shota & Takao Soma beat Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ishida. Shota pinned Ishida.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie beat Kazuaki Mihara & Koki Iwasaki. Irie pinned Iwasaki after Beast Bomber.

Main Event: Yumehito Imanari & Magnitude Kishiwada beat Mizuki Watase & Shinichiro Tominaga. Imanari pinned Tominaga after a lariat.

The next event is 8/13 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In Tokyo Joshi Pro news ahead of tomorrow’s (tonight US time) event, they will return to Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 on 10/29 and while it will not affect tomorrow’s card, since it was announced at the time this news came out, Yuki Aino is off tomorrow’s event. Leg injury. It’s not known if she will miss any additional time.

Ganbare Pro 7/17/22 Results

Ganbare Pro ran a small house show in Tokyo today, resuming their series of occasional events that was put on hold due to the pandemic.

Today’s event was held at Basement MON*STAR 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 78, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Makoto & HARUKAZE beat Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI. Makoto pinned YuuRI after Swelling Swell.

Match 2: Keisuke Ishii & Shota vs. Shuichiro Katsumura & Shinichiro Tominaga went to d double KO. ALL 4 KO’d SIMULTANEOUSLY.

Main Event: In an elimination match with over the top rope rules, where the team left with one person by way of eliminations loses, Ken Ohka, Koki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase & Sayaka Obihiro beat Yumehito Imanari, Takao Soma, Tyson Maeguchi & Sasuke (?). Order of elimination: Soma by Obihiro, Sasuke (?) by Obihiro, Obihiro by Imanari, Iwasaki by Maeguchi, Maeguchi by Watase. Because Imanari was the only person left for his team, the match ended there and Ohka’s team won. The match went a total of just short of 50 minutes.

After the event, Makoto vs. HARUKAZE was announced for 8/13 at Korakuen Hall as was what likely will be Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Yumehito Imanari vs. Shigehiro Irie for the title. Also, Shota will be leaving next month for an indefinite excursion to the US. No further details were announced.

The next event is 7/30 at 176BOX in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.